On the spread of finite simple groups

Combinatorica

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 73-87

  Guralnick, Robert M ^a   Shalev, Aner ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

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EID: 0038720024     PISSN: 02099683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00493-003-0014-3     Document Type: Article

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