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The 2-modular characters of Conway's group Co2

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2008

Ibrahim A. I. Suleiman  and
Robert A. Wilson
Ibrahim A. I. Suleiman
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Mu'tah University, Al-Karak, P.O. Box 7, Jordan
Robert A. Wilson
Affiliation:
School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT
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Abstract

We use computational methods to find the irreducible 2-modular characters of Conway's second group. Three of these are produced by probabilistic methods, which means that we have very strong evidence that they are correct, but we do not yet have a complete proof.

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Research Article
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Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society , Volume 116 , Issue 2 , September 1994 , pp. 275 - 283
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge Philosophical Society 1994

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