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The classification of finite simple groups I. Simple groups and local analysis

Author(s): Daniel Gorenstein
Journal: Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 1 (1979), 43-199.
MSC (1970): Primary 20D05, 20-02
MathSciNet review: 513750
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