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Local-Global Conjectures and Blocks of Simple Groups

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 April 2019

By
Radha Kessar  and
Gunter Malle
Edited by
C. M. Campbell ,
C. W. Parker ,
M. R. Quick ,
E. F. Robertson  and
C. M. Roney-Dougal
C. M. Campbell
Affiliation:
University of St Andrews, Scotland
C. W. Parker
Affiliation:
University of Birmingham
M. R. Quick
Affiliation:
University of St Andrews, Scotland
E. F. Robertson
Affiliation:
University of St Andrews, Scotland
C. M. Roney-Dougal
Affiliation:
University of St Andrews, Scotland
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We give an expanded treatment of our lecture series at the 2017 Groups St Andrews conference in Birmingham on local-global conjectures and the block theory of finite reductive groups.

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Groups St Andrews 2017 in Birmingham , pp. 70 - 105
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2019

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