Hurwitz groups: A brief survey

DOI10.1090/S0273-0979-1990-15933-6zbMath0716.20015MaRDI QIDQ3203212

Marston D. E. Conder

Publication date: 1990

Published in: Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

surveyautomorphismscompact Riemann surfaceFuchsian groupstriangle groupsHurwitz groupsreferences

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Groups acting on specific manifolds (57S25) Generators, relations, and presentations of groups (20F05) Compact Riemann surfaces and uniformization (30F10) Fuchsian groups and their generalizations (group-theoretic aspects) (20H10) Fuchsian groups and automorphic functions (aspects of compact Riemann surfaces and uniformization) (30F35) Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to group theory (20-02)

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