Bad groups in the sense of Cherlin

2016/07/11 by Olivier Frécon, Frécon, Olivier
Mathematics · #20F11 #Advanced Operator Algebra Research #Advanced Topology and Set Theory #FOS: Mathematics #Finite Group Theory Research #Logic (math.LO)

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1607.02994

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Abstract

There exists no bad group (in the sense of Gregory Cherlin), namely any simple group of Morley rank 3 is isomorphic to PSL2(K) for an algebraically closed field K.

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