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Efficient presentations for finite simple groups and related groups

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Groups — Korea 1988

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  1. Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of St Andrews, North Haugh, Fife KY16 9SS, St Andrews, Scotland

    Colin M. Campbell, E. F. Robertson & P. D. Williams

  2. Department of Mathematics, C.S.U. San Bernardino, 5500 University Parkway, 92407, San Bernardino, CA, USA

    P. D. Williams

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Campbell, C.M., Robertson, E.F., Williams, P.D. (1989). Efficient presentations for finite simple groups and related groups. In: Kim, A.C., Neumann, B.H. (eds) Groups — Korea 1988. Lecture Notes in Mathematics, vol 1398. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0086240

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