Recognition by spectrum for finite simple groups of Lie type

Abstract

The goal of this article is to survey new results on the recognition problem. We focus our attention on the methods recently developed in this area. In each section, we formulate related open problems. In the last two sections, we review arithmetical characterization of spectra of finite simple groups and conclude with a list of groups for which the recognition problem was solved within the last three years.

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