TY - JOUR ID - 15511 TI - On the Ranks of Finite Simple Groups JO - Khayyam Journal of Mathematics JA - KJM LA - en SN - AU - Basheer, Ayoub B.M. AU - Moori, Jamshid AD - Department of Mathematical Sciences, North-West University (Mafikeng), P Bag X2046, Mmabatho 2735, South Africa. Y1 - 2016 PY - 2016 VL - 2 IS - 1 SP - 18 EP - 24 KW - Conjugacy classes KW - rank KW - generation KW - simple groups KW - sporadic groups DO - 10.22034/kjm.2016.15511 N2 - Let $G$ be a finite group and let $X$ be a conjugacy class of $G.$ The rank of $X$ in $G,$ denoted by $rank(G{:}X)$ is defined to be the minimal number of elements of $X$ generating $G.$ In this paper we review the basic results on generation of finite simple groups and we survey the recent developments on computing the ranks of finite simple groups. UR - https://www.kjm-math.org/article_15511.html L1 - https://www.kjm-math.org/article_15511_b3a6914aa8de55c274348d988d79bcd8.pdf ER -