Conference on Finite Simple Groups

1983年，Daniel Gorenstein宣布完成了一项重要的数学任务：有限简单群的分类。同年，罗格斯大学的Gorenstein和Richard Lyons启动了一个项目，为分类定理写一个连贯的、基本独立的证明。通过结合新的想法和改进的组织，目标是将现有的15,000页期刊文章精简到更可读的5,000页校样。这套丛书由美国数学学会于1994年开始出版，至今已出版两卷。最近令人兴奋的事态发展加快了这一领域的活动步伐。该奖项支持召开会议，主要参与者和年轻研究人员可以在会议上会面，并为未来的发展制定路线图。群是一个代数系统，只有一个运算遵循一定的规律。群体的例子在自然界随处可见，它们的研究在物理、化学、生物和通信领域都有重要的应用。有限单群是群的基本组成部分。

9700735 Dodziuk In 1983, Daniel Gorenstein announced the completion of a major mathematical undertaking: the Classification of the Finite Simple Groups. In that same year Gorenstein and Richard Lyons of Rutgers University launched a project to write a coherent and largely self-contained proof of the classification theorem. By a combination of new ideas and improved organization the goal was to refine the existing 15,000 pages of journal articles down to a more readable 5,000 page proof. Publication of the series by the American Mathematics Society began in 1994 and two volumes have appeared to date. Recent exciting developments have accelerated the pace of activity in this field. This award supports a conference in which the principal players as well as young researchers can meet and chart the road map for future developments. A group is an algebraic system with a single operation obeying certain laws. Examples of groups are found everywhere in nature and their study has important applications to physics, chemistry , biology and communications. The finite simple groups are the fundamental building blocks of groups.