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|Gonthier and collaborators announce a computer-checked version of the [[Feit–Thompson theorem]] using the [[Coq (software)|Coq]] [[proof assistant]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.msr-inria.fr/news/feit-thomson-proved-in-coq/ |title=Feit–Thompson theorem has been totally checked in Coq |publisher=Msr-inria.inria.fr |date=2012-09-20 |access-date=2012-09-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161119094854/http://www.msr-inria.fr/news/feit-thomson-proved-in-coq/ |archive-date=2016-11-19 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|Gonthier and collaborators announce a computer-checked version of the [[Feit–Thompson theorem]] using the [[Rocq]] (then: ''Coq'') [[proof assistant]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.msr-inria.fr/news/feit-thomson-proved-in-coq/ |title=Feit–Thompson theorem has been totally checked in Coq |publisher=Msr-inria.inria.fr |date=2012-09-20 |access-date=2012-09-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161119094854/http://www.msr-inria.fr/news/feit-thomson-proved-in-coq/ |archive-date=2016-11-19 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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This section lists some results that have been proved using the classification of finite simple groups.
This section lists some results that have been proved using the classification of finite simple groups.


*A breakthrough in the best known theoretical algorithm for the [[graph isomorphism problem]] in 1982<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Luks |first=Eugene M. |date=1982-08-01 |title=Isomorphism of graphs of bounded valence can be tested in polynomial time |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0022000082900095 |journal=Journal of Computer and System Sciences |volume=25 |issue=1 |pages=42–65 |doi=10.1016/0022-0000(82)90009-5 |issn=0022-0000}}</ref>
*A breakthrough in the best known theoretical algorithm for the [[graph isomorphism problem]] in 1982<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Luks |first=Eugene M. |date=1982-08-01 |title=Isomorphism of graphs of bounded valence can be tested in polynomial time |url=https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0022-0000%2882%2990009-5 |journal=Journal of Computer and System Sciences |volume=25 |issue=1 |pages=42–65 |doi=10.1016/0022-0000(82)90009-5 |issn=0022-0000|url-access=subscription }}</ref>
*The [[Schreier conjecture]]
*The [[Schreier conjecture]]
*The [[Signalizer functor theorem]]
*The [[Signalizer functor theorem]]
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*The [[Sims conjecture]]<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Cameron |first1=P. J. |last2=Praeger |first2=C. E. |last3=Saxl |first3=J. |last4=Seitz |first4=G. M. |author-link1=Peter Cameron (mathematician) |author-link2=Cheryl Praeger |author-link3=Jan Saxl|author-link4=Gary Seitz |title=On the Sims conjecture and distance transitive graphs |journal=[[Bull. London Math. Soc.]] |volume=15 |year=1983 |issue=5 |pages=499–506 |doi=10.1112/blms/15.5.499}}</ref>
*The [[Sims conjecture]]<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Cameron |first1=P. J. |last2=Praeger |first2=C. E. |last3=Saxl |first3=J. |last4=Seitz |first4=G. M. |author-link1=Peter Cameron (mathematician) |author-link2=Cheryl Praeger |author-link3=Jan Saxl|author-link4=Gary Seitz |title=On the Sims conjecture and distance transitive graphs |journal=[[Bull. London Math. Soc.]] |volume=15 |year=1983 |issue=5 |pages=499–506 |doi=10.1112/blms/15.5.499}}</ref>
*[[Frobenius's theorem (group theory)|Frobenius's conjecture]] on the number of solutions of {{nowrap|1=''x''<sup>''n''</sup> = 1}}.
*[[Frobenius's theorem (group theory)|Frobenius's conjecture]] on the number of solutions of {{nowrap|1=''x''<sup>''n''</sup> = 1}}.
* Non-abelian finite simple groups are characterized by their [[commuting graph|commuting graphs]].<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Solomon |first1=Ronald M. |last2=Woldar |first2=Andrew J. |title=Simple groups are characterized by their non-commuting graphs |journal=Journal of Group Theory |date=1 November 2013 |volume=16 |issue=6 |pages=793–824 |doi=10.1515/jgt-2013-0021}}</ref>


==See also==
==See also==