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A note on invariable generation of nonsolvable permutation groups

Combinatorics 2021-04-13 v2 Group Theory

Abstract

We prove a result on the asymptotic proportion of randomly chosen pairs of permutations in the symmetric group SnS_n which "invariably" generate a nonsolvable subgroup, i.e., whose cycle structures cannot possibly both occur in the same solvable subgroup of SnS_n. As an application, we obtain that for a large degree "random" integer polynomial ff, reduction modulo two different primes can be expected to suffice to prove the nonsolvability of Gal(f/Q)Gal(f/\mathbb{Q}).

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@article{arxiv.2102.04007,
  title  = {A note on invariable generation of nonsolvable permutation groups},
  author = {Joachim König and Gicheol Shin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2102.04007},
  year   = {2021}
}

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Fixed some error in the introduction, compared to Version 1

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