TY - GEN AU - Curtis, Robert T. TI - Symmetric generation of groups: with applications to many of the sporadic finite simple groups, Vol. 111 SN - 9780521857215 U1 - 512.2 CUR PY - 2007/// CY - Cambridge PB - Cambridge University Press KW - Mathematics KW - Algebra KW - Finite Simple Groups KW - Sporadic Groups KW - Symmetry Groups N2 - Motivated by initial results which showed that the Mathieu groups can be generated by highly symmetrical sets of elements, which themselves have a natural geometric definition, the author develops from scratch the notion of symmetric generation ER -