March 11, 2006

• Seed

  “This outer automorphism [of S₆] can be regarded as the seed from which grow
  about half of the sporadic simple groups, starting with the Mathieu groups M₁₂ and M₂₄.”

  – Noam Elkies, Harvard Math Table,  

  Feb. 28 (Mardi Gras), 2006.

  
  Related material:

  Log24, Jan. 1-15, 2006.

  

  

  For details, click on the Six of One.

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