文档介绍：Graduate Texts in Mathematics 251
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S. Axler
. Ribet
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Robert A. Wilson
The Finite Simple Groups
Professor Robert A. Wilson
Queen Mary, University of London
School of Mathematical Sciences
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ISSN 0072-5285
ISBN 978-1-84800-987-5 e-ISBN 978-1-84800-988-2
DOI -1-84800-988-2
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Mathematics Subject Classification (2000): 20D
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