Robert A. Wilson

5.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
127 papers, 3.7k citations indexed

About

Robert A. Wilson is a scholar working on Discrete Mathematics and Combinatorics, Geometry and Topology and Mathematical Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert A. Wilson has authored 127 papers receiving a total of 3.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 85 papers in Discrete Mathematics and Combinatorics, 48 papers in Geometry and Topology and 37 papers in Mathematical Physics. Recurrent topics in Robert A. Wilson's work include Finite Group Theory Research (85 papers), Advanced Algebra and Geometry (32 papers) and Geometric and Algebraic Topology (27 papers). Robert A. Wilson is often cited by papers focused on Finite Group Theory Research (85 papers), Advanced Algebra and Geometry (32 papers) and Geometric and Algebraic Topology (27 papers). Robert A. Wilson collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and New Zealand. Robert A. Wilson's co-authors include Simon Norton, John H. Conway, H. B. Henbest, Peter B. Kleidman, Joy Conway, R. A. Parker, Robert T. Curtis, E. A. O’Brien, Richard Parker and John N. Bray and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery and Inventiones mathematicae.

In The Last Decade

Robert A. Wilson

120 papers receiving 3.3k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

ATLAS of Finite Groups

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Peers

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I. M. Isaacs United States

Martin W. Liebeck United Kingdom

Simon Norton United Kingdom

Andries E. Brouwer Netherlands

Daniel Gorenstein United States

Bertram Huppert Germany

Wieb Bosma Australia

Gunter Malle Germany

Michael Aschbacher United States

William M. Kantor United States

I. M. Isaacs United States

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All Works

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Breuer, Thomas, Kay Magaard, & Robert A. Wilson. (2025). Verification of the conjugacy classes and ordinary character table of the Monster. Journal of Algebra.

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Dray, Tevian, Corinne A. Manogue, & Robert A. Wilson. (2024). A new division algebra representation of E7 from E8. Journal of Mathematical Physics. 65(3). 1 indexed citations

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Wilson, Robert A.. (2018). A NEGATIVE ANSWER TO A QUESTION OF ASCHBACHER. 12(1). 1 indexed citations

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Dray, Tevian, Corinne A. Manogue, & Robert A. Wilson. (2014). A symplectic representation of $E_7$. Commentationes Mathematicae Universitatis Carolinae. 55(3). 387–399. 3 indexed citations

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Farooq, Adeel, Simon Norton, & Robert A. Wilson. (2013). A presentation of the Monster and a set of matrices which satisfy it. Journal of Algebra. 379. 432–440.

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O’Brien, E. A., et al.. (2011). Orbit invariants and an application to the Baby monster. Journal of Algebra. 341(1). 297–305. 8 indexed citations

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Burness, Timothy C., Michael Giudici, & Robert A. Wilson. (2011). Prime order derangements in primitive permutation groups. Journal of Algebra. 341(1). 158–178. 7 indexed citations

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Wilson, Robert A.. (2009). A simple construction of the Ree groups of type 2F4. Journal of Algebra. 323(5). 1468–1481. 4 indexed citations

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Bray, John N. & Robert A. Wilson. (2006). Explicit representations of maximal subgroups of the Monster. Journal of Algebra. 300(2). 834–857. 24 indexed citations

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Linton, Stephen, et al.. (2004). Constructive membership testing in black-box groups. 64(2). e1–e33. 3 indexed citations

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Parker, Richard & Robert A. Wilson. (2000). Constructions of Fischer's Baby Monster over Fields of Characteristic Not 2. Journal of Algebra. 229(1). 109–117. 5 indexed citations

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Wilson, Robert A.. (1999). The Maximal Subgroups of the Baby Monster, I. Journal of Algebra. 211(1). 1–14. 27 indexed citations

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Wilson, Robert A.. (1997). The symmetric genus of the fischer group Fi23. Topology. 36(2). 379–380. 4 indexed citations

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Kleidman, Peter B. & Robert A. Wilson. (1993). Sporadic Simple Subgroups of Finite Exceptional Groups of Lie Type. Journal of Algebra. 157(2). 316–330. 10 indexed citations

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Conder, Marston, Robert A. Wilson, & Andrew J. Woldar. (1992). The symmetric genus of sporadic groups. Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society. 116(3). 653–663. 41 indexed citations

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Linton, Stephen & Robert A. Wilson. (1991). The Maximal Subgroups of the Fischer Groups Fi ₂₄ and Fi′ ₂₄. Proceedings of the London Mathematical Society. s3-63(1). 113–164. 17 indexed citations

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Wilson, Robert A.. (1988). On the 3-local subgroups of Conway's group Co1. Journal of Algebra. 113(1). 261–262. 3 indexed citations

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Norton, Simon & Robert A. Wilson. (1986). Maximal subgroups of the Harada-Norton group. Journal of Algebra. 103(1). 362–376. 14 indexed citations

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Wilson, Robert A.. (1985). The maximal subgroups of the Lyons group. Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society. 97(3). 433–436. 4 indexed citations

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Wilson, Robert A.. (1983). The complex leech lattice and maximal subgroups of the Suzuki group. Journal of Algebra. 84(1). 151–188. 35 indexed citations

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