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Finite groups--coming of age : proceedings of the Canadian Mathematical Society conference held on June 15-28, 1982, with partial support from the FCAC (Quebec) and the NSERC (Canada) / John McKay, editor.
- Format:
- Book
- Conference/Event
- Author/Creator:
- Conference on Finite Groups--Coming of Age, Corporate Author.
- Conference Name:
- Conference on Finite Groups--Coming of Age (1982 : Concordia University), issuing body.
- Conference on Finite Groups--Coming of Age
- Series:
- Contemporary mathematics (American Mathematical Society). 0271-4132 45
- Contemporary mathematics, 0271-4132 ; 45 0271-4132
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Finite groups--Congresses.
- Finite groups.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (361 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Providence, Rhode Island : American Mathematical Society, [1985]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Suitable for researchers and graduate students in algebra, this work focuses on research in sporadic geometry, the Fischer-Griess Monster group and moonshine.
- Contents:
- Contents
- Preface
- Diagram geometries for sporadic groups
- Symmetric representations and linear groups
- Rationality of certain zeta functions associated with modular representation theory
- Computing the character table of a Lie group
- Multiplicative products of η-functions
- An E8 approach to F1
- The Monster and its nonassociative algebra
- Some consequences of the classification of finite simple groups
- Group representations and the resolution of rational double points
- M24 and certain automorphic forms
- Generalized root systems and characters
- The uniqueness of the Fischer-Griess Monster
- Efficiency of finite simple groups and their covering groups
- Buildings and sporadic groups
- On the Head characters of the Monster simple group
- Residual geometries for sporadic and classical groups - A survey
- Some consequences of the elementary relations in SLn.
- Notes:
- "The Canadian Mathematical Society Conference on Finite Groups--Coming of Age was held at Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec on June 15-28, 1982, with partial support from FCAC (Quebec) and NSERC (Canada)"--Title page verso.
- Includes bibliographies.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-8218-7630-9
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