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Monster Groups and Other Sporadic Groups

  Jill Horsfield (jbhorse@purdue.edu)
  Colin Mills (cwmills@purdue.edu)
  Andy Nelson (nelson70@purdue.edu)

1. What is a monster group?

  -Definition
  -Background: Who are Bernd Fischer and Robert Griess?
  -When and how did they reach this discovery?

2. Are there subgroups?

  -What is the subgroup structure?
  -What are its primes and supersingular primes?
  -What is a baby monster group?
  -How does existence and uniqueness relate?

3. How does the Moonshine Theory relate to Monster Groups?

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