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Quasi-Simple Finite Groups of Essential Dimension 3

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We classify quasi-simple finite groups of essential dimension 3.

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  1. Steklov Mathematical Institute, Moscow, Russia

    Yu. Prokhorov

  2. Moscow State Lomonosov University, Moscow, Russia

    Yu. Prokhorov

  3. National Research University Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russia

    Yu. Prokhorov

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In memory of Professor Alfred Lvovich Shmel’kin

Translated from Fundamentalnaya i Prikladnaya Matematika, Vol. 22, No. 4, pp. 189–199, 2019.

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Prokhorov, Y. Quasi-Simple Finite Groups of Essential Dimension 3. J Math Sci 257, 876–882 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10958-021-05527-8

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