The Mathieu Groups

ISBN-13: 9781108429788 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 180 str.

A. A. Ivanov

Opis

The Mathieu Groups are presented in the context of finite geometry and the theory of group amalgams.

Spis treści

1. The Mathieu group M24 as we knew it; 2. Amalgam method; 3. L4(2) in two incarnations and L3(4); 4. From L5(2) to the Mathieu amalgam; 5. M24 as universal completion; 6. Maximal subgroups; 7. 45-representation of M24; 8. The Held group; 9. Inevitability of Mathieu groups; 10. Locally projective graphs and amalgams; Index.