Nilpotent Covers of Small Symmetric and Alternating Groups

dc.contributor.author	Kimeu, Arphaxad Ngwava
dc.contributor.author	Nyamwala, Fredrick
dc.contributor.author	Gill, Nick
dc.contributor.author	Short, Ian
dc.date.accessioned	2025-08-27T08:54:45Z
dc.date.available	2025-08-27T08:54:45Z
dc.date.issued	2025-05
dc.identifier.uri	http://ir.mu.ac.ke:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/9901
dc.description.abstract	We compute the size of a minimal nilpotent cover for small alternating and symmetric groups, An and Sn. We give precise values for values of n up to 8. For n=9 we give upper and lower bounds for the size of a minimal nilpotent cover of A9.	en_US
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.publisher	Alkindi Center for Research	en_US
dc.subject	Alternating group;	en_US
dc.subject	nilpotent cover	en_US
dc.title	Nilpotent Covers of Small Symmetric and Alternating Groups	en_US
dc.type	Article	en_US