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

• Pubblicazione: Providence, Rhode Island : , : American Mathematical Society, , [1985]; ©1985
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (361 p.)
• Disciplina: 512/.22
• Soggetto topico: Finite groups
• Persona (resp. second.): McKayJohn <1939->
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Finite groups-coming of age
• ISBN: 0-8218-7630-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910827449903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Contemporary mathematics (American Mathematical Society). ; 45 . 0271-4132