Hurwitz groups: A brief survey

Conder, Marston

doi:10.1090/S0273-0979-1990-15933-6

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Hurwitz groups: A brief survey

Author: Marston Conder
Journal: Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 23 (1990), 359-370
MSC (1985): Primary 20F05; Secondary 57S25
MathSciNet review: 1041434
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