Symmetric generation of groups: with applications to many of the sporadic finite simple groups
Auteur :
Curtis, Robert T.
Éditeur :
Cambridge University Press
ISBN :
9780521857215
Date de publication :
5 juil. 2007
Dimensions :
24,0 x 16,5 x 2,5 cm
Poids :
712 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
This comprehensive text develops the notion of symmetric generation from scratch and goes on to describe how the technique can be used to define and construct many of the sporadic simple groups (including the Mathieu groups, the Janko groups and the Higman-Sims group) in a uniform and accessible way.