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Named after Jacques Tits.
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Tits group
Today it means: A finite simple group of order 2¹¹ · 3³ · 5² · 13 = 17,971,200. It is the only simple group that is a derivative of a group of Lie type that is not strictly a group of Lie type in any series due to exceptional isomorphism. Full definition →