Non-Abelian representations of some sporadic geometries

Journal of Algebra

Volumn 181, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 523-557

  Ivanov, Alexander A ^a   Pasechnik, Dmitrii V ^b   Shpectorov, Sergey V ^c,d  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c INSTITUTE FOR SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Russian Federation)

^d MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0000294795     PISSN: 00218693     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jabr.1996.0132     Document Type: Article

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