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Finite simple groups with no elements of order six

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 April 2009

L. M. Gordon
L. M. Gordon
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Department of Pure Mathematics, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales.
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The aim of this paper is to completely classify the finite simple groups with no elements of order 6. The proof is by induction and involves an analysis of the structure of the 2-local subgroups of a counterexample of minimum order. A recent result of Glauberman plays an essential role.

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Bulletin of the Australian Mathematical Society , Volume 17 , Issue 2 , October 1977 , pp. 235 - 246
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Copyright © Australian Mathematical Society 1977

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