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  3. From: kgrant@alfred.ccs.carleton.ca (Ken Grant)
  4. Subject: Group Theory Question
  5. Message-ID: <kgrant.728194705@cunews>
  6. Originator: dan@symcom.math.uiuc.edu
  7. Sender: Daniel Grayson <dan@math.uiuc.edu>
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  11. Approved: Daniel Grayson <dan@math.uiuc.edu>
  12. Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 04:18:25 GMT
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  15. Can anybody tell me what is known about the function l(S_n)=maximum
  16. length of a chain of subgroups of the symmetric group S_n.
  17. I don't even see how to show that l(S_n)-n --> infinity.
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  20. Ken Grant
  21. Department of Mathematics
  22. University of Ottawa
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