Asymptotic Results for Primitive Permutation Groups

Journal of Algebra

Volumn 188, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 103-124

  Pyber, L ^a   Shalev, A ^b  

^a ALFRÉD RÉNYI INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS   (Hungary)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

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EID: 0001261850     PISSN: 00218693     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jabr.1996.6818     Document Type: Article

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