The Finite Simple Groups

DOI10.1007/978-1-84800-988-2zbMath1203.20012WikidataQ29395817 ScholiaQ29395817MaRDI QIDQ3639086

Robert A. Wilson

Publication date: 29 October 2009

Published in: Graduate Texts in Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84800-988-2

zbMATH Keywords

sporadic groups; existence; uniqueness; finite simple groups; alternating groups; classical groups; classification theorem; groups of Lie type

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

20D08: Simple groups: sporadic groups

20D05: Finite simple groups and their classification

20D06: Simple groups: alternating groups and groups of Lie type

20-02: Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to group theory

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