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On Transitive Permutation Groups

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2010

John H. Conway
Affiliation:
Mathematics Department, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, USA, conway@math.princeton.edu
Alexander Hulpke
Affiliation:
School of Mathematical and Computational Sciences, University of St. Andrews, St. Andrews, Fife KY16 9SS, Scotland, ahulpke@dcs.st-and.ac.uk
John McKay
Affiliation:
Departments of Computer Science and Mathematics, Centre Interuniversitaire en Calcul Mathématique Algébrique, Concordia University, Montréal, Canada H3G 1M8, mckay@cs.concordia.ca

Abstract

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We assign names and new generators to the transitive groups of degree up to 15, reflecting their structure.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © London Mathematical Society 1998

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