Commentary on “A brief history of the classification of the finite simple groups” by Ronald Solomon

Guralnick, Robert

doi:10.1090/bull/1638

Commentary on ``A brief history of the classification of the finite simple groups'' by Ronald Solomon

Author: Robert M. Guralnick
Journal: Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 55 (2018), 451-452
MSC (2010): Primary 20D05
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/bull/1638
Published electronically: July 18, 2018
Link to article that is the subject of this commentary: Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. (N.S.), 38 (2001), no. 3, 315--352
MathSciNet review: 3854073
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Abstract: Immediately following the commentary below, the previously published article is reprinted in its entirety: Ronald Solomon, ``A brief history of the classification of the finite simple groups'', Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. (N.S) 38 (2001), no. 3, 315-352.

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