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2022-05-18

A self-contained guide to Frécon's theorem

Una guía autocontenida al teorema de Frécon

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https://doi.org/10.15446/recolma.v55n2.102739

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groups of finite Morley rank, bad groups (en)
Grupos de rango de Morley finito, grupos malos (es)

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  • Luis Jaime Corredor Universidad de los Andes
  • Adrien Deloro Université de Paris

A streamlined exposition of Frécon's theorem on non-existence of bad groups of Morley rank 3. Systematising ideas by Poizat and Wagner, we avoid incidence geometries and use group actions instead; the proof becomes short and completely elementary.

Presentamos una breve demostración depurada del teorema de Frécon sobre la no existencia de grupos malos de rango de Morley 3. Abstrayendo ideas de Poizat y Wagner, evitamos el uso de las geometrías de incidencia. En su lugar usamos acciones de grupos; así la demostración se torna verdaderamente elemental y concisa.

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Corredor, L. J. . and Deloro, A. . (2022). A self-contained guide to Frécon’s theorem. Revista Colombiana de Matemáticas, 55(2), 205–210. https://doi.org/10.15446/recolma.v55n2.102739

ACM

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Corredor, L.J. and Deloro, A. 2022. A self-contained guide to Frécon’s theorem. Revista Colombiana de Matemáticas. 55, 2 (May 2022), 205–210. DOI:https://doi.org/10.15446/recolma.v55n2.102739.

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Corredor, L. J. .; Deloro, A. . A self-contained guide to Frécon’s theorem. rev.colomb.mat 2022, 55, 205-210.

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CORREDOR, L. J. .; DELORO, A. . A self-contained guide to Frécon’s theorem. Revista Colombiana de Matemáticas, [S. l.], v. 55, n. 2, p. 205–210, 2022. DOI: 10.15446/recolma.v55n2.102739. Disponível em: https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/recolma/article/view/102739. Acesso em: 5 aug. 2024.

Chicago

Corredor, Luis Jaime, and Adrien Deloro. 2022. “A self-contained guide to Frécon’s theorem”. Revista Colombiana De Matemáticas 55 (2):205-10. https://doi.org/10.15446/recolma.v55n2.102739.

Harvard

Corredor, L. J. . and Deloro, A. . (2022) “A self-contained guide to Frécon’s theorem”, Revista Colombiana de Matemáticas, 55(2), pp. 205–210. doi: 10.15446/recolma.v55n2.102739.

IEEE

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L. J. . Corredor and A. . Deloro, “A self-contained guide to Frécon’s theorem”, rev.colomb.mat, vol. 55, no. 2, pp. 205–210, May 2022.

MLA

Corredor, L. J. ., and A. . Deloro. “A self-contained guide to Frécon’s theorem”. Revista Colombiana de Matemáticas, vol. 55, no. 2, May 2022, pp. 205-10, doi:10.15446/recolma.v55n2.102739.

Turabian

Corredor, Luis Jaime, and Adrien Deloro. “A self-contained guide to Frécon’s theorem”. Revista Colombiana de Matemáticas 55, no. 2 (May 18, 2022): 205–210. Accessed August 5, 2024. https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/recolma/article/view/102739.

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Corredor LJ, Deloro A. A self-contained guide to Frécon’s theorem. rev.colomb.mat [Internet]. 2022 May 18 [cited 2024 Aug. 5];55(2):205-10. Available from: https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/recolma/article/view/102739

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