This book is the ninth volume in a series whose goal is to furnish a careful and largely self-contained proof of the classification theorem for the finite simple groups. Having completed the classification of the simple groups of odd type as well as the classification of the simple groups of generic even type (modulo uniqueness theorems to appear later), the current volume begins the classification of the finite simple groups of special even type. The principal result of this volume is a classification of the groups of bicharacteristic type, i.e., of both even type and of $p$-type for a suitable odd prime $p$. It is here that the largest sporadic groups emerge, namely the Monster, the Baby Monster, the largest Conway group, and the three Fischer groups, along with six finite groups of Lie type over small fields, several of which play a major role as subgroups or sections of these sporadic groups.

About the Author
Inna Capdeboscq, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom.

Daniel Gorenstein, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ.

Richard Lyons, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ.

Ronald Solomon, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH.


Book Information
ISBN 9781470464370
Author Inna Capdeboscq
Format Paperback
Page Count 520
Imprint American Mathematical Society
Publisher American Mathematical Society
Weight(grams) 925g