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Record Nr.

UNINA9910827449903321

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Providence, Rhode Island : , : American Mathematical Society, , [1985]

©1985

ISBN

0-8218-7630-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (361 p.)

Collana

Contemporary mathematics, , 0271-4132 ; ; 45 , 0271-4132

Disciplina

512/.22

Soggetti

Finite groups

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"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.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographies.

Nota di contenuto

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.