0.1. For any finite group Γ, a “nonabelian Fourier transform matrix” was introduced in [L1]. This is a square matrix whose rows and columns are indexed by pairs formed by an element of Γ and an irreducible representation of the centralizer of that element (both defined up to conjugation). As shown in [L2], this matrix, which is unitary with square 1, enters (for suitable Γ) in the character for...

We prove that there exist k in and 0 < epsilon in such that every non-abelian finite simple group G, which is not a Suzuki group, has a set of k generators for which the Cayley graph Cay(G; S) is an epsilon-expander.

The notion of simple compact quantum group is introduced. As non-trivial (noncommutative and noncocommutative) examples, the following families of compact quantum groups are shown to be simple: (a) The universal quantum groups Bu(Q) for Q ∈ GL(n,C) satisfying QQ̄ = ±In, n ≥ 2; (b) The quantum automorphism groups Aaut(B, τ) of finite dimensional C ∗-algebras B endowed with the canonical trace τ w...

Analogous to the way the integers can be decomposed uniquely into prime factors, finite groups can be decomposed into finite simple groups, which cannot be further decomposed nontrivially. We will prove the JordanHölder Theorem and show that finite groups can always be decomposed uniquely into finite simple groups, and discuss the classification of these groups. In particular, we will discuss t...

in this paper‎, ‎we determine the simple groups $g=ab$‎, ‎where $b$ is isomorphic to $l_{3}(4)$ and $a$ isomorphic to an alternating or a symmetric group on $ngeq5$‎, ‎letters‎.

vasil&apos;ev posed problem 16.26 in [the kourovka notebook: unsolved problems in group theory, 16th ed.,sobolev inst. math., novosibirsk (2006).] as follows:does there exist a positive integer $k$ such that there are no $k$ pairwise nonisomorphicnonabelian finite simple groups with the same graphs of primes? conjecture: $k = 5$.in [zvezdina, on nonabelian simple groups having the same prime gr...