Computer construction of the Monster

Journal of Group Theory

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 307-337

  Linton, Stephen ^a   Parker, Richard ^b   Walsh, Peter ^c   Wilson, Robert ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b DPMMS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

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