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Geometry of Sporadic Groups: Volume 2, Representations and Amalgams A. A. Ivanov (Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, London)

Geometry of Sporadic Groups: Volume 2, Representations and Amalgams By A. A. Ivanov (Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, London)

Geometry of Sporadic Groups: Volume 2, Representations and Amalgams by A. A. Ivanov (Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, London)


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This is the second volume in a two-volume set, which will provide the complete proof of classification of two important classes of geometries, closely related to each other: Petersen and tilde geometries. It is an essential purchase for researchers into finite group theory, finite geometries and algebraic combinatorics.

Geometry of Sporadic Groups: Volume 2, Representations and Amalgams Summary

Geometry of Sporadic Groups: Volume 2, Representations and Amalgams by A. A. Ivanov (Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, London)

This is the second volume in a two-volume set, which provides a complete self-contained proof of the classification of geometries associated with sporadic simple groups: Petersen and tilde geometries. The second volume contains a study of the representations of the geometries under consideration in GF(2)-vector spaces as well as in some non-abelian groups. The central part is the classification of the amalgam of maximal parabolics, associated with a flag transitive action on a Petersen or tilde geometry. The classification is based on the method of group amalgam, the most promising tool in modern finite group theory. Via their systematic treatment of group amalgams, the authors establish a deep and important mathematical result. This book will be of great interest to researchers in finite group theory, finite geometries and algebraic combinatorics.

Geometry of Sporadic Groups: Volume 2, Representations and Amalgams Reviews

'The book is written with obvious care and the arguments are usually not difficult to follow. The authors have also taken care with summaries and overviews that ease understanding of the general strategy of the proof.' European Mathematical Society
' written with obvious care '. EMS Newsletter

Table of Contents

1. Preliminaries; Part I. Representations: 2. General features; 3. Classical geometries; 4. Mathieu groups and Held group; 5. Conway groups; 6. Involution geometries; 7. Large sporadics; Part II. Amalgams: 8. Method of group amalgams; 9. Action on the derived graph; 10. Shapes of amalgams; 11. Amalgams for P-geometries; 12. Amalgams for T-geometries; Concluding remarks: 13. Further developments.

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NPB9780521623490
9780521623490
0521623499
Geometry of Sporadic Groups: Volume 2, Representations and Amalgams by A. A. Ivanov (Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, London)
New
Hardback
Cambridge University Press
2002-03-14
304
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