Pavlov, A. I. On the equation \(x^k=a\) in the symmetric group. (English. Russian original) Zbl 0422.20004 Sov. Math., Dokl. 19, 644-646 (1978); translation from Dokl. Akad. Nauk SSSR 240, 538-540 (1978). Page: −5 −4 −3 −2 −1 ±0 +1 +2 +3 +4 +5 Show Scanned Page MSC: 20B99 Permutation groups 20P05 Probabilistic methods in group theory 05A15 Exact enumeration problems, generating functions Keywords:symmetric group; uniform probability; limiting distribution; equations in symmetric groups PDF BibTeX XML Cite \textit{A. I. Pavlov}, Sov. Math., Dokl. 19, 644--646 (1978; Zbl 0422.20004); translation from Dokl. Akad. Nauk SSSR 240, 538--540 (1978)