On Hurwitz generation and genus actions of sporadic groups

zbMath0654.20014MaRDI QIDQ1108372

Andrew J. Woldar

Publication date: 1989

Published in: Illinois Journal of Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

genus; orientable surface; Hurwitz; sporadic group; (r,s,t)-generated; orientation preserving

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

20D08: Simple groups: sporadic groups

20F05: Generators, relations, and presentations of groups

20F65: Geometric group theory

20H10: Fuchsian groups and their generalizations (group-theoretic aspects)

20F29: Representations of groups as automorphism groups of algebraic systems

30F35: Fuchsian groups and automorphic functions (aspects of compact Riemann surfaces and uniformization)

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