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We describe various methods of construction of matrix representations of finite groups. The applications are mainly, but not exclusively, to quasisimple or almost simple groups. Some of the techniques can also be generalized to permutation representations.
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Wilson, R.A. (1999). Construction of Finite Matrix Groups. In: Dräxler, P., Ringel, C.M., Michler, G.O. (eds) Computational Methods for Representations of Groups and Algebras. Progress in Mathematics, vol 173. Birkhäuser, Basel. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-0348-8716-8_3
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