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Thompson’s problem ($$\sigma^2=3$$) With two appendices. I: The numerical verification of Thompson’s identity by Andrew Odlyzko: II: A check of the Ree group conjecture for small fields by David Hunt. (English) Zbl 0442.20016

##### MSC:
 20D05 Finite simple groups and their classification 11T30 Structure theory for finite fields and commutative rings (number-theoretic aspects) 20G40 Linear algebraic groups over finite fields 20B25 Finite automorphism groups of algebraic, geometric, or combinatorial structures 11T06 Polynomials over finite fields 11E57 Classical groups
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 [1] [T] Thompson, J.: Toward a characterization ofE 2 * (q). Part I: J. Alg.7, 406-414 (1967). Part II: J. Alg.20, 610-621 (1972 Part III: J. Alg.49, 162-166 (1977)
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