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The maximal subgroups of M24

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2008

R. T. Curtis
R. T. Curtis
Affiliation:
Department of Pure Mathematics and Mathematical Statistics, Cambridge
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In this paper, which assumes a familiarity with (1), we produce a short proof of the following theorem. The proof uses MOG techniques to extend a powerful observation of Conway (2) on intransitive subgroups of M24.

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Research Article
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Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society , Volume 81 , Issue 2 , March 1977 , pp. 185 - 192
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Copyright © Cambridge Philosophical Society 1977

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(1)Curtis, R. T.A new combinatorial approach to M 24. Math. Proc. Cambridge Philos. Soc. 79 (1976), 25–42.Google Scholar
(2)Conway, J. H. Three lectures on exceptional groups. Chap. VII in Finite Simple Groups (M. B. Powell and G. Higman).Google Scholar
(3)Wielandt, H.Finite permutation groupa (New York, Academic Press, 1964).Google Scholar