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We give a presentation of the Lyons simple group together with information on a complete computational proof that the presentation is correct. This fills a longstanding gap in the literature on the sporadic simple groups. This presentation is a basis for various matrix and permutation representations of the group.
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Havas, G., Sims, C.C. (1999). A Presentation for the Lyons Simple Group. 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_14
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