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A New existence and Uniqueness Proof for the O'nan Group
Author(s) -
Soicher Leonard H.
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
bulletin of the london mathematical society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.396
H-Index - 48
eISSN - 1469-2120
pISSN - 0024-6093
DOI - 10.1112/blms/22.2.148
Subject(s) - uniqueness , mathematics , group (periodic table) , simple (philosophy) , pure mathematics , presentation (obstetrics) , combinatorics , mathematical analysis , chemistry , epistemology , surgery , organic chemistry , medicine , philosophy
We give a new short proof of the existence and uniqueness of the O'Nan sporadic simple group. The only other uniqueness proof forms the main part of Andrilli's Ph.D. thesis [1], and has not otherwise been published. In the process, we derive a concise presentation for the O'Nan group.