Abstract simplicity of complete Kac-Moody groups over finite fields

Journal of Pure and Applied Algebra

Volumn 212, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 2147-2162

  Carbone, Lisa ^a   Ershov, Mikhail ^b   Ritter, Gordon ^c  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 44649190423     PISSN: 00224049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpaa.2008.03.023     Document Type: Article

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