Group Theory, Beijing 1984 [electronic resource] : Proceedings of an International Symposium held in Beijing, Aug. 27–Sep. 8, 1984 / edited by Hsio-Fu Tuan.

Finite simple groups and their subgroups -- Topics in the theory of representations of finite groups -- Algebraic K-theory, morita theory, and the classical groups -- Modular representations of reductive groups -- Differential algebraic groups -- Conjugacy classes in algebraic groups -- Some finite groups which appear as gal L/K, where K?Q(?n) -- Homomorphisms from linear groups over division rings to algebraic groups -- A prehomogeneous vector space of characteristic 3 -- On full subgroups of twisted groups -- A characterization of the 2-local subgroups of rudvalis group and Higman-Sims group -- On 2-connectedness of geometries -- On the number of p-blocks with given defect groups and some applications of the p-power homomorphism -- The equitype and quasi-equitype decompositions of arbitrary permutations by permutations of order 2 or 3 -- On the extensions of abelian varieties by affine group schemes -- On the first cartan invariant of the groups SL(3,pn) and SU(3,pn).