MICHAEL ASCHBACHER
Shaler Arthur Hanisch Professor of Mathematics

B.S., California Institute of Technology, 1966
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, 1969

Research Interests

Finite groups, algebraic groups, combinatorics

Selected Publications

• On finite groups of component type, Illinois J. Math. 19 (1975), 87-113
• A characterization of Chevalley groups over fields of odd order, Ann. Math. 106 (1977), 353-468
• On the maximal subgroups of the finite classical groups, Invent. Math. 76 (1984), 469-514
• (with S. Smith) On Quillen's conjecture for the p-groups complex, Ann. Math. 137 (1993), 473-529
• Sporadic Groups, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1994 (314 pages)

Course(s) Taught

• Winter 2009 - 2010: Math 1b Analytic, Math 120b
• Fall 2009 - 2010: Math 120a
• Winter 2008 - 2009: Math 1b, Math 5b
• Fall 2008 - 2009: Math 5a
• Winter 2007 - 2008: Math 1b Analytic, Math 5b
• Fall 2007 - 2008: Math 5a
• Fall 2003–04:  Ma 5a - Introduction to Abstract Algebra

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