Presentations for alternating groups

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Let $n\geq 5$ be odd, What is a presentation of $A_n$ with generators $a_n=(123),b_n=(1,2,\ldots,n)$?

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I suggest you look at http://www.math.auckland.ac.nz/~obrien/research/an-sn-present.pdf to get some idea of the current state of knowledge about this question. Theorem 1.3 states that $A_n$ has a 2-generator presentation with $O(\log n)$ relations and length $O((\log n)^2)$.

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