The Classification of Finite Simple Groups

The book provides an outline and modern overview of the classification of the finite simple groups. It primarily covers the ''even case'', where the main groups arising are Lie-type (matrix) groups over a field of characteristic 2. The book thus completes a project begun by Daniel Gorenstein's 1983 book, which outlined the classification of groups of ''noncharacteristic 2 type''. However, this book provides much more. Chapter 0 is a modern overview of the logical structure of the entire cla...