Classification of finite simple groups

The Classification of finite simple groups is a mega-theorem which states that every finite simple group belongs to one of eighteen infinite families of simple groups, or to one of 26 sporadic simple groups.

The eighteen families

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The twenty-six sporadic simple groups

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