Simple Groups - Abstract Algebra @Socratica

Uploaded January 2018 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

Simple groups are the building blocks of finite groups. After decades of hard work, mathematicians have finally classified all finite simple groups. Today we talk about why simple groups are so important, and then cover the four main classes of simple groups: cyclic groups of prime order, alternating groups An (n bigger than 4), groups of Lie type, and the 26 sporadic groups, including the Monster Group.

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Dummit & Foote, Abstract Algebra 3rd Edition
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Milne, Algebra Course Notes (available free online)
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