Expansion properties of Cayley graphs of the alternating groups

Journal of Combinatorial Theory. Series A

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 281-297

  Roichman, Yuval ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0031206126     PISSN: 00973165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jcta.1997.2786     Document Type: Article

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