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A 7-Local Identification of the Monster

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 January 2016

C. W. Parker
Affiliation:
School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK, C.W.Parker@bham.ac.uk
C. B. Wiedorn
Affiliation:
School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK, wiedornc@for.mat.bham.ac.uk
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Abstract

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We identify the monster from two of its 7-constrained maximal 7-local subgroups.

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Copyright © Editorial Board of Nagoya Mathematical Journal 2005

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