On (2, 3, t)-Generations for the Conway Group Co2
- 1 Al-Imam Mohammed Bin Saud Islamic University, Saudi Arabia
Abstract
Problem statement: In this article we investigate all the (2, 3, t)-generations for the Conway’s second largest sporadic simple group Co2, where t is an odd divisor of order of Co2. Approach: An (l, m, n)-generated group G is a quotient group of the triangle group T (l, m, n) = (x, y, z|x1 = ym = zn = xyz = 1). A group G is said to be (2, 3, t)-generated if it can be generated by two elements x and y such that o(x) = 2, o(y) = 3 and o (xy) = t. Computations are carried out with the aid of computer algebra system GAP-Groups, Algorithms and Programming. Results and Conclusion: The Conway group Co2 is (2, 3, t)-generated for t an odd divisor of order of Co2 except when t = 5, 7, 9.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3844/jmssp.2012.339.341
Copyright: © 2012 Mohammed A. Al-Kadhi and Faryad Ali. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Keywords
- Conway group
- sporadic simple group
- generation
- subject classification
- sporadic group