A classification of the maximal subgroups of the finite alternating and symmetric groups

DOI10.1016/0021-8693(87)90223-7zbMath0632.20011OpenAlexW2023681235WikidataQ56988388 ScholiaQ56988388MaRDI QIDQ1095251

Jan Saxl, Martin W. Liebeck, Cheryl E. Praeger

Publication date: 1987

Published in: Journal of Algebra (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/0021-8693(87)90223-7

zbMATH Keywords

maximal subgroupalmost simpleO'Nan-Scott theoremnonabelian simple group

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Finite simple groups and their classification (20D05) Simple groups: alternating groups and groups of Lie type (20D06) Subgroups of symmetric groups (20B35)

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