The Mathieu Groups

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. 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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