It is known that locally compact groups approximable by finite ones are unimodular, but this condition is not sufficient, for example, the simple Lie groups are not approximable by finite ones as topological groups. In this paper the approximations of locally compact groups by more general finite algebraic systems are investigated. It is proved that the approximation of locally compact groups b...

‎let us consider the set of non-abelian finite simple groups which‎ ‎admit non-trivial irreducible projective representations of degree $le 7$ over‎ ‎an algebraically closed field $f$ of characteristic $pgeq 0$‎. ‎we survey some recent results which‎ ‎lead to the complete list of the groups in this set which are‎ ‎$(2‎, ‎3‎, ‎7)$-generated and of those which are $(2,3)$-generated‎.

‎let us consider the set of non-abelian finite simple groups which‎ ‎admit non-trivial irreducible projective representations of degree $le 7$ over‎ ‎an algebraically closed field $mathbb{f}$ of characteristic $pgeq 0$‎. ‎we survey some recent results which‎ ‎lead to the complete list of the groups in this set which are‎ ‎$(2,3,7)$-generated and of those which are $(2,3)$-generated‎.