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The subgroup structure of the finite classical groups

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
1990
ISBN
052135949X, 9780521359498
LCC
QA171 .K53 1990
Open Library ID
OL1950621M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
11 MB (11489359 bytes)
Series
London Mathematical Society Lecture Note Series
Pages
156\156
Time added
2009-08-06 05:14:26

Description

With the classification of the finite simple groups complete, much work has gone into the study of maximal subgroups of almost simple groups. In this volume the authors investigate the maximal subgroups of the finite classical groups and present research into these groups as well as proving many new results. In particular, the authors develop a unified treatment of the theory of the 'geometric subgroups' of the classical groups, introduced by Aschbacher, and they answer the questions of maximality and conjugacy and obtain the precise shapes of these groups. Both authors are experts in the field and the book will be of considerable value not only to group theorists, but also to combinatorialists and geometers interested in these techniques and results. Graduate students will find it a very readable introduction to the topic and it will bring them to the very forefront of research in group theory.

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