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Some simplifications in the proof of the Sims conjecture

Group Theory 2021-02-15 v1

Abstract

We prove an elementary lemma concerning primitive amalgams and use it to greatly simplify the proof of the Sims conjecture in the case of almost simple groups.

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@article{arxiv.2102.06670,
  title  = {Some simplifications in the proof of the Sims conjecture},
  author = {László Pyber and Gareth Tracey},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2102.06670},
  year   = {2021}
}