The aim of this book is the classification of symplectic amalgams structureswhich are intimately related to the finite simple groups. In all there sixteeninfin... » 

The aim of this book is the classification of symplectic amalgams structureswhich are intimately related to the finite simple groups. In all there sixteeninfinite families of symplectic amalgams together with 62 more exotic examples.The classification touches on many important aspects of modern group theory plocal analysis the amalgam method representation theory over finitefields and properties of the finite simple groups. The account is for themost part selfcontained and the wealth of detail makes this book an excellentintroduction to these recent developments for graduate students as well as avaluable resource and reference for specialists in the area. «