Theory of finite groups: a symposium

Theory of Finite Groups......Page 1
A Note from the Publisher......Page 3
Preface......Page 4
Table of Contents......Page 5
J. L. Alperin: On groups with quasi-dihedral Sylow 2-subgroups, I......Page 10
R. Brauer: On groups with quasi-dihedral Sylow 2-subgroups, II......Page 22
H. Bender: Finite groups having a strongly embedded subgroup......Page 29
P. Fong: On a characterization of G2(q) and 2D4(q)......Page 33
W. J. Wong: A characterization of PSp4(q), q odd......Page 38
K. W. Phan: A characterization of L4(q) for q ≡ -1 (mod 4)......Page 46
J. H. Walter: Finite groups with abelian Sylow 2-subgroups......Page 50
N. Ito: A theorem on Jordan groups......Page 53
T. Kondo: On the alternating groups......Page 55
L. L. Scott, Jr.: Uniprimitive permutation groups......Page 61
Z. Janko: Some new simple groups of finite order......Page 69
G. Higman and J. McKay: On Janko's simple group of order 50,232,960......Page 71
M. Hall, Jr. and D. Wales: The simple group of order 604,800......Page 84
J. Tits: Le groupe de Janko d'ordre 604.800......Page 96
J. H. Lindsey II: Linear groups of degree 6 and the Hall-Janko group......Page 101
C. C. Sims: On the isomorphism of two groups of order 44,352,000......Page 105
J. McLaughlin: A simple group of order 898,128,000......Page 113
M. Suzuki: A simple group of order 448,345,497,600......Page 116
D. Held: Some simple groups related to M24......Page 123
S. B. Conlon: An analysis of group representations......Page 127
C. W. Curtis and T. V. Fossum: Centralizer rings and characters of representations of finite groups......Page 132
W. Feit: Some properties of the Green correspondence......Page 140
G. J. Janusz: Indecomposable modules for finite groups......Page 150
T. Y. Lam and I. Reiner: Relative Grothendieck groups......Page 159
W. F. Reynolds: Isometries and characters of finite groups......Page 167
H. Zassenhaus: On the integral representations of an order......Page 177
R. W. Carter: The orders of the finite Chevalley and Steinberg groups......Page 190
N. Iwahori: On some properties of groups with BN-pairs......Page 197
L. Solomon: The Steinberg character of a finite group with BN-pair......Page 207
G. Glauberman: A sufficient condition for p-stability......Page 216
D. Gorenstein: On the centralizers of involutions in finite groups......Page 220
J. H. Walter: Centralizers of involutions in finite simple groups......Page 232
B. Huppert: On F-projectors......Page 236
O. H. Kegel: Locally finite versus finite simple groups......Page 240
E. Shult: Automorphic algebras......Page 243
C.-H. Sah: Automorphisms of finite groups......Page 252