A (very) brief history of the classification of finite simple groups

Paul Gilmartin (University of Glasgow)

Friday 30th January, 2015 16:00-17:00 Maths 204

Abstract

Almost a century after it began, in the 1980s the classification of all finite simple groups was completed. In this elementary talk we discuss some of the highlights of this classification programme.

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