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Products of conjugacy classes of the alternating group

Group Theory 2009-06-16 v1

Abstract

Let A_n be the alternating group on n letters. For n>5, we describe the elements alpha, beta in A_n when alpha^{A_n} beta^{A_n} is the union of at most four distinct conjugacy classes.

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@article{arxiv.0906.2701,
  title  = {Products of conjugacy classes of the alternating group},
  author = {Edith Adan-Bante and John Harris and Helena Verrill},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0906.2701},
  year   = {2009}
}

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25 pages