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Many partial results are known but the full conjecture remains open.
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abstract algebra
group theory
finite group
set of generators
graph diameter
Cayley graph
cyclic group
cycle graph
simple groups
Babai, László
arXiv
1109.3550
doi
10.1016/S0195-6698(05)80029-0
MR
1179520
Babai & Seress (1992)
Helfgott & Seress (2014)
Helfgott, Harald A.
arXiv
1109.3550
doi
10.4007/annals.2014.179.2.4
MR
3152942
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