Resumen: In this survey we present some significant bounds for the number of maximal subgroups of a given index of a finite group. As a consequence, new bounds for the number of random generators needed to generate a finite d-generated group with high probability which are significantly tighter than the ones obtained in the paper of Jaikin-Zapirain and Pyber (Random generation of finite and profinite groups and group enumeration, Ann. Math., 183 (2011) 769-814) are obtained. The results of Jaikin-Zapirain and Pyber, as well as other results of Lubotzky, Detomi, and Lucchini, appear as particular cases of our theorems. Idioma: Inglés DOI: 10.22108/ijgt.2019.114469.1521 Año: 2020 Publicado en: International Journal of Group Theory 9, 1 (2020), 31-42 ISSN: 2251-7669 Factor impacto SCIMAGO: 0.383 - Algebra and Number Theory (Q3)