@article {IOPORT.00634043, author = {Kolchin, A.V.}, title = {Equations in unknown permutations.}, year = {1994}, journal = {Discrete Mathematics and Applications}, volume = {4}, number = {1}, issn = {0924-9265}, pages = {59-71}, publisher = {Walter de Gruyter, Berlin}, doi = {10.1515/dma.1994.4.1.59}, abstract = {The author investigates the asymptotic behaviour of the number of permutations $X$, which are solutions of the equation $X\sp d= e$ with $e$ as the identity permutation of degree $n$. The results are given for $d\to \infty$ in such a way that $d/n\to 0$ if $d$ is a prime number respectively $d\log\log n/\log n\to \infty$ if $d$ is some general number. The results on the asymptotic behaviour are obtained by establishing a connection of random permutations with the probability distribution of a sum of some appropriate random variables.}, reviewer = {W.Schlee (M\"unchen)}, identifier = {00634043}, }