3-transposition groups / Michael Aschbacher.

In 1970 Bernd Fischer proved his beautiful theorem classifying the almost simple groups generated by 3-transpositions, and in the process discovered three new sporadic groups, now known as the Fischer groups. Since then, the theory of 3-transposition groups has become an important part of finite sim...

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Uniform Title:Cambridge tracts in mathematics ; 124.
Main Author: Aschbacher, Michael, 1944- (Author)
Language:English
Published: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1997.
Series:Cambridge tracts in mathematics ; 124.
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Physical Description:1 online resource (vii, 260 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
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505 0 |a pt. I. Fischer's Theory. 1. Preliminaries. 2. Commuting graphs of groups. 3. The structure of 3-transposition groups. 4. Classical groups generated by 3-transpositions. 5. Fischer's Theorem. 6. The geometry of 3-transposition groups -- pt. II. The existence and uniqueness of the Fischer groups. 7. Some group extensions. 8. Almost 3-transposition groups. 9. Uniqueness systems and coverings of graphs. 10. U[subscript 4](3) as a subgroup of U[subscript 6](2). 11. The existence and uniqueness of the Fischer groups -- pt. III. The local structure of the Fischer groups. 12. The 2-local structure of the Fischer groups. 13. Elements of order 3 in orthogonal groups over GF(3). 14. Odd locals in Fischer groups. 15. Normalizers of subgroups of prime order in Fischer groups. 
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