GroupTheory
ConwayGroup
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ConwayGroup( n )
n
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: {1,2,3} : integer parameter selecting the Conway group
The Conway groups , and are sporadic finite simple groups, discovered by John H. Conway in the 1960s.
The largest Conway group is the quotient of the automorphism group of the Leech lattice (a certain -dimensional unimodular lattice) by its center (of order ), and has order equal to .
The second Conway group has order equal to , and is the group of automorphisms of the Leech lattice fixing a vector of length .
The third Conway group has order equal to , and can be described as the group of automorphisms of the Leech lattice fixing a vector of length .
The ConwayGroup( n ) command returns a permutation group isomorphic to the Conway group , for n = 1,2,3.
In the Standard Worksheet interface, you can insert this group into a document or worksheet by using the Group Constructors palette.
The GroupTheory[ConwayGroup] command was introduced in Maple 17.
For more information on Maple 17 changes, see Updates in Maple 17.
See Also
GroupTheory[Degree]
GroupTheory[GroupOrder]
GroupTheory[IsSimple]
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