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Bounds on the number of maximal subgroups of finite groups

arXiv:2203.05597 · doi:10.1007/s00025-022-01806-1

Abstract

In this paper we obtain significant bounds for the number of maximal subgroups of a given index of a finite group. These results allow us to give new bounds for the number of random generators needed to generate a finite -generated group with high probability.

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