The subgroups of m24, or how to compute the table of marks of a finite group

Experimental Mathematics

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 247-270

  Pfeiffer, Götz ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Burnside ring; Mathieu groups; Subgroup lattice; Table of marks

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031283912     PISSN: 10586458     EISSN: 1944950X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10586458.1997.10504613     Document Type: Article

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