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A008868 Order of simple Chevalley group E_8 (q), q = prime power.

Original entry on oeis.org

337804753143634806261388190614085595079991692242467651576160959909068800000, 18830052912953932311099032439972660332140886784940152038522449391826616580150109878711243949982163694448626420940800000, 191797292142671717754639757897512906421357507604216557533558287598236977154127870984484770345340348298409697395609822849492217656441474908160000000000
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Author

N. J. A. Sloane

Keywords

Comments

Coxeter and Moser p. 131 remark that the first term in this sequence is comparable to Eddington's estimate of the number of protons in the universe. See also the comment in A004231!

References

  • J. H. Conway, R. T. Curtis, S. P. Norton, R. A. Parker and R. A. Wilson, ATLAS of Finite Groups. Oxford Univ. Press, 1985 [for best online version see https://oeis.org/wiki/Welcome#Links_to_Other_Sites], p. xvi.
  • H. S. M. Coxeter and W. O. J. Moser, Generators and Relations for Discrete Groups, 4th ed., Springer-Verlag, NY, reprinted 1984, p. 131.

Crossrefs

Cf. A003133, A004231, A178795.

Programs

  • Maple
    q^120*(q^2-1)*(q^8-1)*(q^12-1)*(q^14-1)*(q^18-1)*(q^20-1)*(q^24-1)*(q^30-1);
  • Mathematica
    Table[q^120*(q^2-1)*(q^8-1)*(q^12-1)*(q^14-1)*(q^18-1)*(q^20-1)*(q^24-1)*(q^30-1), {q, Select[Range[4], PrimePowerQ]}] (* Jean-François Alcover, Aug 24 2022 *)

Extensions

a(3) added by N. J. A. Sloane, Sep 16 2008
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