LMS: 129 Subgroup Structure, Groups (London Mathematical Society Lecture Note Series)

Peter B. Kleidman

ISBN 10: 052135949X / ISBN 13: 9780521359498

Published by Cambridge University Press 2008-08-21, 2008

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: LMS: 129 Subgroup Structure, Groups (London Mathematical Society Lecture Note Series)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press 2008-08-21
• Publication Date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 052135949X
• ISBN 13: 9780521359498
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

With the classification of the finite simple groups complete, much work has gone into the study of maximal subgroups of almost simple groups. In this volume the authors investigate the maximal subgroups of the finite classical groups and present research into these groups as well as proving many new results. In particular, the authors develop a unified treatment of the theory of the 'geometric subgroups' of the classical groups, introduced by Aschbacher, and they answer the questions of maximality and conjugacy and obtain the precise shapes of these groups. Both authors are experts in the field and the book will be of considerable value not only to group theorists, but also to combinatorialists and geometers interested in these techniques and results. Graduate students will find it a very readable introduction to the topic and it will bring them to the very forefront of research in group theory.

Book Description

With the classification of the finite simple groups complete, much work has gone into the study of maximal subgroups of almost simple groups. In this volume the authors investigate the maximal subgroups of the finite classical groups and present research into these groups as well as proving many new results.