The Mathieu Groups

March 1st, 2007 by Walt

Lieven Le Bruyn has an intriguing post about the Mathieu groups. For a century the Mathieu groups were the only sporadic simple groups known. Lieven describes how to construct the groups geometrically.

One Response to “The Mathieu Groups”

  1. Jonathan Vos Post Says:

    Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror fans eagerly await a similar drawing related to the Monster Group which, one hopes, looks like Godzilla or Chthulhu.

    Seriously, that was a very nice web page that you guys linked to.

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