{ "id": "1603.04717", "version": "v1", "published": "2016-03-15T15:14:40.000Z", "updated": "2016-03-15T15:14:40.000Z", "title": "Generation of finite simple groups by an involution and an element of prime order", "authors": [ "Carlisle S. H. King" ], "comment": "21 pages", "categories": [ "math.GR" ], "abstract": "We prove that every non-abelian finite simple group is generated by an involution and an element of prime order.", "revisions": [ { "version": "v1", "updated": "2016-03-15T15:14:40.000Z" } ], "analyses": { "keywords": [ "prime order", "involution", "non-abelian finite simple group", "generation" ], "note": { "typesetting": "TeX", "pages": 21, "language": "en", "license": "arXiv", "status": "editable", "adsabs": "2016arXiv160304717K" } } }