Pieces of eight: Semiselfdual lattices and a new foundation for the theory of Conway and Mathieu groups

Advances in Mathematics

Volumn 148, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 75-104

  Griess Jr , Robert L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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EID: 0033450323     PISSN: 00018708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/aima.1999.1846     Document Type: Article

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