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Finite simple groups which projectively embed in an exceptional Lie group are classified!
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Since finite simple groups are the building blocks of finite groups, it is natural to ask about their occurrence “in nature”. In this article, we consider their occurrence in algebraic groups and moreover discuss the general theory of finite subgroups of algebraic groups.
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Additional Information
  • Robert L. Griess Jr.
  • Affiliation: Department of Mathematics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1003
  • Email: rlg@math.lsa.umich.edu
  • A. J. E. Ryba
  • Affiliation: Department of Mathematics, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI 53201-1881
  • Address at time of publication: Department of Mathematics, Queens College, CUNY, Flushing, NY 11367-1597
  • Email: alexr@sylow.mscs.mu.edu
  • Received by editor(s): April 13, 1998
  • Received by editor(s) in revised form: May 19, 1998, and October 16, 1998
  • © Copyright 1999 American Mathematical Society
  • Journal: Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 36 (1999), 75-93
  • MSC (1991): Primary 17Bxx, 20Bxx, 20Cxx, 20Dxx, 20Exx, 22Exx
  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0273-0979-99-00771-5
  • MathSciNet review: 1653177