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On the size and structure of finite linear groups

Group Theory 2013-04-17 v2 Representation Theory

Abstract

This is a nearly complete manuscript left behind by Boris Weisfeiler before his disappearance during a hiking trip in Chile in 1985. It is posted on a request from the author's sister, Olga Weisfeiler.

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@article{arxiv.1203.1960,
  title  = {On the size and structure of finite linear groups},
  author = {Boris Weisfeiler},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1203.1960},
  year   = {2013}
}

Comments

69 pages, includes tables. Some typos corrected and reference added in this version, thanks to Alexander Borovik, Peter Cameron, Charles Curtis, Richard Lyons, Madhav Nori, Yakov Sinai, Robert Steinberg, Simon Thomas and all others who helped with completing the references list