
The covering of symmetric and alternating groups by powers of conjugacy classes is studied in this paper. Particular emphasis is laid on mixing which means that the computation of the powers is viewed as a stochastic process by taking samples out of the conjugacy class and then multiply them. In particular, the conjugacy class \([2^{n/2}]\) of the symmetric group \(S_n\) is studied; some new character identities are derived from the computation of \([2^{n/2}]^2\), also the power \([2^{n/2}]^3\) is computed. The results are applied to a certain classification of \(3\)-colored \(3\)-regular graphs.
mixing times, Combinatorial probability, coverings, Algebra and Number Theory, Symmetric groups, characters, symmetric groups, uniform distributions, Representations of finite symmetric groups, Distribution theory, Graphs and abstract algebra (groups, rings, fields, etc.), Coloring of graphs and hypergraphs, random processes, \(3\)-colorable graphs, mixings, \(3\)-regular graphs, alternating groups, Arithmetic and combinatorial problems involving abstract finite groups, conjugacy classes
mixing times, Combinatorial probability, coverings, Algebra and Number Theory, Symmetric groups, characters, symmetric groups, uniform distributions, Representations of finite symmetric groups, Distribution theory, Graphs and abstract algebra (groups, rings, fields, etc.), Coloring of graphs and hypergraphs, random processes, \(3\)-colorable graphs, mixings, \(3\)-regular graphs, alternating groups, Arithmetic and combinatorial problems involving abstract finite groups, conjugacy classes
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