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McLaughlinGroup

 

Calling Sequence

Description

Examples

Compatibility

Calling Sequence

McLaughlinGroup()

Description

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The McLaughlin group is a sporadic finite simple group of order equal to 898128000.  It was discovered in 1969 by Jack McLaughlin as a group of automorphisms of the McLaughlin graph.

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The McLaughlinGroup() command returns a permutation group isomorphic to the McLaughlin group.

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In the Standard Worksheet interface, you can insert this group into a document or worksheet by using the Group Constructors palette.

Examples

withGroupTheory:

GMcLaughlinGroup

GMcL

(1)

DegreeG

275

(2)

GroupOrderG

898128000

(3)

IsSimpleG

true

(4)

Compatibility

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The GroupTheory[McLaughlinGroup] command was introduced in Maple 17.

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For more information on Maple 17 changes, see Updates in Maple 17.

See Also

GraphTheory[SpecialGraphs][McLaughlinGraph]

GroupTheory[Degree]

GroupTheory[GroupOrder]

GroupTheory[IsSimple]