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#############################################################################
##
#W  simple.gi                 GAP Library                    Alexander Hulpke
##
##
#Y  Copyright (C) 2011 The GAP Group
##
##  This file contains basic constructions for simple groups of bounded size,
##  if necessary by calling the `atlasrep' package.
##

# data for simple groups of order up to 10^18 that are not L_2(q)
# for some of the groups entry #5 indicates the smallest permutation degree
BindGlobal("SIMPLEGPSNONL2",
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    [383967100578952800,"L",3,181],[498292774007829408,"U",3,163],
    [590382996204625920,"U",3,191],[604945295112210528,"L",3,167],
    [641690334200143872,"L",3,193],[665393448951722400,"U",3,169],
    [712975930219192320,"L",4,17],[756131656307437872,"U",3,197],
    [796793353927300800,"G",2,19],[802332214764045216,"L",3,173],
    [819770591880266400,"L",3,199],[911215823217986880,"S",4,67]]
    );

# call atlasrep, possibly with extra parameters, but only if atlasrep is available
BindGlobal("DoAtlasrepGroup",function(params)
local g;
  if LoadPackage("atlasrep")<>true then
    Error("`atlasrep' package must be available to construct group ",params[1]);
  fi;
  g:=CallFuncList(ValueGlobal("AtlasGroup"),params);
  if not IsGroup(g) then
     Error("The AtlasRep package could not load a group with parameters ",params);
  fi;
  SetName(g,params[1]);
  if not '.' in params[1] then
    SetIsSimpleGroup(g,true);
  fi;
  return g;
end);

BindGlobal("ChevalleyG",function(q)
local p,f,z,G,o;
  # Generators probably due to Don Taylor, communicated by Derek Holt
  p:=Factors(q);
  if Length(Set(p))>1 then Error("<q> must be prime power");fi;
  p:=p[1];
  f:=GF(q);
  z:=PrimitiveRoot(f);
  o:=One(f);

  # first generator differs for q=2,p=3
  if q=2 then 
    G:=Group(
	o*[[1,1,0,0,0,0,0],
	[0,1,0,0,0,0,0],
	[0,0,1,1,1,0,0],
	[0,0,0,1,0,0,0],
	[0,0,0,0,1,0,0],
	[0,0,0,0,0,1,1],
	[0,0,0,0,0,0,1]],
	o*[[0,0,1,0,0,0,0],
	[1,0,0,0,0,0,0],
	[0,0,0,0,0,1,0],
	[0,0,0,1,0,0,0],
	[0,1,0,0,0,0,0],
	[0,0,0,0,0,0,1],
	[0,0,0,0,1,0,0]]);
  elif p=3 then 
    G:=Group(
    o*[[z^2,0,0,0,0,0,0],
      [0,z,0,0,0,0,0],
      [0,0,z,0,0,0,0],
      [0,0,0,1,0,0,0],
      [0,0,0,0,z^(q-2),0,0],
      [0,0,0,0,0,z^(q-2),0],
      [0,0,0,0,0,0,z^(q-3)]],
      o*[[0,0,1,0,0,0,0],
      [2,0,1,0,0,1,0],
      [0,0,0,0,0,1,0],
      [0,0,0,2,0,2,0],
      [0,2,0,2,0,1,1],
      [0,0,0,0,0,0,1],
      [0,0,0,0,1,0,1]]
    );
  else
    G:=Group(
     o*[[z,0,0,0,0,0,0],
      [0,z^(q-2),0,0,0,0,0],
      [0,0,z^2,0,0,0,0],
      [0,0,0,1,0,0,0],
      [0,0,0,0,z^(q-3),0,0],
      [0,0,0,0,0,z,0],
      [0,0,0,0,0,0,z^(q-2)]],
      o*[[p-1,0,1,0,0,0,0],
      [p-1,0,0,0,0,0,0],
      [0,p-1,0,p-1,0,1,0],
      [0,p-2,0,p-1,0,0,0],
      [0,p-1,0,0,0,0,0],
      [0,0,0,0,1,0,1],
      [0,0,0,0,1,0,0]]);
  fi;

  return G; 
end);

InstallGlobalFunction(SimpleGroup,function(arg)
local brg,str,p,a,param,g,s,small,plus,sets;
  if IsRecord(arg[1]) then
    p:=arg[1];
    if p.series="Spor" then
      brg:=p.parameter[1];
      if '=' in brg then
	brg:=brg{[1..Position(brg,'=')-1]};
      fi;
      while brg[Length(brg)]=' ' do
	brg:=brg{[1..Length(brg)-1]};
      od;
      brg:=[brg];
    else
      brg:=Concatenation([p.series],p.parameter);
    fi;
  else
    brg:=arg;
  fi;
  str:=brg[1];
  # Case x(y gets replaced by x,y for x,y digits
  p:=Position(str,'(');
  if p>1 and p<Length(str) and str[p-1] in CHARS_DIGITS and str[p+1] in CHARS_DIGITS
    then
    str:=Concatenation(str{[1..p-1]},",",str{[p+1..Length(str)]});
  fi;
  # blanks,parentheses,_,^,' do not contribute to parsing
  a:=" ()_^'";
  str:=UppercaseString(Filtered(str,x->not x in a));
  # are there parameters in the string?
  # skip leading numbers for indicating 2/3 twist
  if Length(str)>1 then
    p:=PositionProperty(str{[2..Length(str)]},
      x->x in CHARS_DIGITS or x in "+-");
    if p<>fail then p:=p+1;fi;
  else
    p:=PositionProperty(str{[1..Length(str)]},
      x->x in CHARS_DIGITS or x in "+-");
  fi;
  param:=[];
  if p<>fail then
    a:=str{[p..Length(str)]};
    str:=str{[1..p-1]};

    # special case `O+' or `O-'
    if '+' in a or '-' in a then
      p:=Position(a,'+');
      if p<>fail then
	plus:=1;
      else
	p:=Position(a,'-');
	plus:=-1;
      fi;
      if Length(a)=1 then
	# deal with "O+" class
	Add(a,'1');
      fi;
      if a[p+1]='1' then
	# gave O(+1,8,2) or so
	plus:=fail;
      fi;
      if plus<>fail then
	if p=1 then
	  # leading +-, possibly with comma
	  a:=a{[2..Length(a)]};
	  if Length(a)>1 and a[1]=',' then
	    a:=a{[2..Length(a)]};
	  fi;
	else
	  # internal +-
	  a[p]:=',';
	fi;
      fi;

    else
      plus:=fail;
    fi;
#Error(plus,a);

    p:=Position(a,',');
    while p<>fail do
      s:=a{[1..p-1]};
      if s[1]='+' then
	s:=s{[2..Length(s)]};
      fi;
      Add(param,Int(s));
      a:=a{[p+1..Length(a)]};
      p:=Position(a,',');
    od;
    if a[1]='+' then
      a:=a{[2..Length(a)]};
    fi;
    Add(param,Int(a));
#Error();

    if plus<>fail then
      param:=Concatenation([plus],param);
    fi;

  fi;
  param:=Concatenation(param,brg{[2..Length(brg)]});
  if ForAny(param,x->not IsInt(x)) then
    Error("parameters must be integral");
  fi;

  # replace Lie names with classical/discoverer equivalents if possible

  # now parse the name. Is it sporadic, alternating, suzuki, or ree?
  if Length(param)<=1 then
    if str="A" or str="ALT" then
      if Length(param)=1 and param[1]>4 then
        g:=AlternatingGroup(param[1]);
	SetName(g,Concatenation("A",String(param[1])));
	SetIsSimpleGroup(g,true);
	return g;
      else
        Error("Illegal Parameter for Alternating groups");
      fi;

    elif (str="M" and Length(param)=0) or str="FG" then
      Error("Monster not yet supported");
    elif (str="B" or str="BM") and Length(param)=0 then
      return DoAtlasrepGroup(["B"]);
    elif str="M" or str="MATHIEU" then
      if Length(param)=1 and param[1] in [11,12,22,23,24] then
        g:=MathieuGroup(param[1]);
	SetName(g,Concatenation("M",String(param[1])));
	return g;
      else
        Error("Illegal Parameter for Mathieu groups");
      fi;

    elif str="J" or str="JANKO" then
      if Length(param)=1 and param[1] in [1..4] then
	if param[1]=1 then
	  g:=PrimitiveGroup(266,1);
	elif param[1]=2 then
	  g:=PrimitiveGroup(100,1);
	else
	  g:=[,,"J3","J4"];
	  g:=DoAtlasrepGroup([g[param[1]]]);
	fi;
	SetIsSimpleGroup(g,true);
	return g;
      else
        Error("Illegal Parameter for Janko groups");
      fi;

    elif str="CO" or str="." or str="CONWAY" then
      if Length(param)=1 and param[1] in [1..3] then
	if param[1]=3 then
	  g:=PrimitiveGroup(276,3);
	elif param[1]=2 then
	  g:=PrimitiveGroup(2300,1);
	else
	  g:=DoAtlasrepGroup(["Co1"]);
	fi;
	SetIsSimpleGroup(g,true);
	return g;
      else
        Error("Illegal Parameter for Conway groups");
      fi;

    elif str="FI" or str="FISCHER" then
      if Length(param)=1 and param[1] in [22,23,24] then
	s:=Concatenation("Fi",String(param[1]));
	if param[1] = 24 then Append(s,"'"); fi;
        g:=DoAtlasrepGroup([s]);
	SetIsSimpleGroup(g,true);
	return g;
      else
        Error("Illegal Parameter for Fischer groups");
      fi;
    elif str="SUZ" or str="SZ" or str="SUZUKI" then
      if Length(param)=0 and str="SUZ" then
	g:=PrimitiveGroup(1782,1);
	SetIsSimpleGroup(g,true);
	return g;
      elif Length(param)=1 and param[1]>7 and
        Set(Factors(param[1]))=[2] and IsOddInt(LogInt(param[1],2)) then
	g:=SuzukiGroup(IsPermGroup,param[1]);
	SetName(g,Concatenation("Sz(",String(param),")"));
	SetIsSimpleGroup(g,true);
	return g;
      else
        Error("Illegal Parameter for Suzuki groups");
      fi;
    elif str="R" or str="REE" or str="2G" then
      if Length(param)=1 and param[1]>26 and
        Set(Factors(param[1]))=[3] and IsOddInt(LogInt(param[1],3)) then
	g:=ReeGroup(IsMatrixGroup,param[1]);
	SetName(g,Concatenation("Ree(",String(param[1]),")"));
	SetIsSimpleGroup(g,true);
	return g;
      else
        Error("Illegal Parameter for Ree groups");
      fi;

    elif str="ON" then
      return DoAtlasrepGroup(["ON"]);
    elif str="HE" then
      return PrimitiveGroup(2058,1);
      SetIsSimpleGroup(g,true);
      return g;
    elif str="HS" then
      return PrimitiveGroup(100,3);
      SetIsSimpleGroup(g,true);
      return g;
    elif str="HN" then
      return DoAtlasrepGroup(["HN"]);
    elif str="LY" then
      return DoAtlasrepGroup(["Ly"]);
    elif str="MC" or str="MCL" then
      return PrimitiveGroup(275,1);
      SetIsSimpleGroup(g,true);
      return g;
    elif str="TH" then
      return DoAtlasrepGroup(["Th"]);
    elif str="RU" then
      return DoAtlasrepGroup(["Ru"]);
    elif str="B" then
      return DoAtlasrepGroup(["B"]);
    elif str="T" then
      g:=PrimitiveGroup(1600,20);
      s:=Size(g);
      g:=Group(GeneratorsOfGroup(g));
      SetSize(g,s);
      SetName(g,"2F(4,2)'");
      SetIsSimpleGroup(g,true);
      return g;
    fi;
  fi;

  # now the name is ``classical''. and the second parameter a prime power
  if not IsPrimePowerInt(param[Maximum(2,Length(param))]) then
    Error("field order must be a prime power");
  fi;

  small:=false;
  s:=fail;
  if str="L" or str="SL" or str="PSL" then
    g:=PSL(param[1],param[2]);
    s:=Concatenation("PSL(",String(param[1]),",",String(param[2]),")");
  elif str="U" or str="SU" or str="PSU" then
    g:=PSU(param[1],param[2]);
    s:=Concatenation("PSU(",String(param[1]),",",String(param[2]),")");
    small:=true;
  elif str="S" or str="SP" or str="PSP" then
    g:=PSp(param[1],param[2]);
    s:=Concatenation("PSp(",String(param[1]),",",String(param[2]),")");
    small:=true;
  elif str="O" or str="SO" or str="PSO" then
    if Length(param)=2 and IsOddInt(param[1]) then
      g:=SO(param[1],param[2]);
      g:=Action(g,NormedRowVectors(GF(param[2])^param[1]),OnLines);
      s:=DerivedSubgroup(g);
      if s<>g and IsBound(g!.actionHomomorphism) then
	s!.actionHomomorphism:=ActionHomomorphism(
	  PreImage(g!.actionHomomorphism,s),
	  HomeEnumerator(UnderlyingExternalSet(g!.actionHomomorphism)),
	  OnLines,"surjective");
      fi;
      g:=s;
      s:=Concatenation("O(",String(param[1]),",",String(param[2]),")");
      small:=true;
    elif Length(param)=3 and param[1]=1 and IsEvenInt(param[2]) then
      g:=SO(1,param[2],param[3]);
      g:=Action(g,NormedRowVectors(GF(param[3])^param[2]),OnLines);
      g:=DerivedSubgroup(g);
      s:=Concatenation("O+(",String(param[2]),",",String(param[3]),")");
      small:=true;
    elif Length(param)=3 and param[1]=-1 and IsEvenInt(param[2]) then
      g:=SO(-1,param[2],param[3]);
      g:=Action(g,NormedRowVectors(GF(param[3])^param[2]),OnLines);
      g:=DerivedSubgroup(g);
      s:=Concatenation("O-(",String(param[2]),",",String(param[3]),")");
      small:=true;
    else
      Error("wrong dimension/parity for O");
    fi;

  elif str="E" then
    if Length(param)<2 or not param[1] in [6,7,8] then
      Error("E(n,q) needs n=6,7,8");
    fi;
    s:=Concatenation("E",String(param[1]),"(",String(param[2]),")");
    g:=DoAtlasrepGroup([s]);

  elif str="F" then
    if Length(param)>1 and param[1]<>4 then
      Error("F(n,q) needs n=4");
    fi;
    a:=param[Length(param)];
    if a=2 then
      g:=DoAtlasrepGroup(["F4(2)"]);
    else
      Error("Can't do yet");
    fi;
    s:=Concatenation("F_4(",String(a),")");

  elif str="G" then
    if Length(param)>1 and param[1]<>2 then
      Error("G(n,q) needs n=2");
    fi;
    a:=param[Length(param)];
    if a=2 then return SimpleGroup("U",3,3);
    elif a=3 then
      g:=PrimitiveGroup(351,7);
    elif a=4 then
      g:=PrimitiveGroup(416,7);
    else
      g:=ChevalleyG(a);
      g:=Action(g,
	   Set(Orbit(g,One(DefaultFieldOfMatrixGroup(g))*[1,0,0,0,0,0,0],
	     OnLines)),
	  OnLines);
    fi;
    s:=Concatenation("G_2(",String(a),")");

  elif str="3D" then
    if Length(param)>1 and param[1]<>4 then
      Error("3D(n,q) needs n=4");
    fi;
    a:=param[Length(param)];
    if a=2 then
      g:=PrimitiveGroup(819,5);
    elif a=3 then
      g:=DoAtlasrepGroup(["3D4(3)"]);
    else
      Error("Can't do yet");
    fi;
    s:=Concatenation("3D4(",String(a),")");

  elif str="2E" then
    if Length(param)>1 and param[1]<>6 then
      Error("3D(n,q) needs n=4");
    fi;
    a:=param[Length(param)];
    s:=Concatenation("2E6(",String(a),")");
    g:=DoAtlasrepGroup([s]);

  else
    Error("Can't handle type ",str);
  fi;
  if small then
    a:=ShallowCopy(Orbits(g,MovedPoints(g)));
    if Length(a)>1 then
      SortParallel(List(a,Length),a);
      if IsBound(g!.actionHomomorphism) then
	# pull back
	p:=UnderlyingExternalSet(g!.actionHomomorphism);
	a:=Action(Source(g!.actionHomomorphism),HomeEnumerator(p){a[1]},
	     FunctionAction(p));
      else
	a:=Action(g,a[1]);
      fi;
      SetSize(a,Size(g));
      g:=a;
    fi;

    a:=Blocks(g,MovedPoints(g));
    if Length(a)>1 then
      if IsBound(g!.actionHomomorphism) then
	# pull back
	p:=UnderlyingExternalSet(g!.actionHomomorphism);
	sets:=Set(List(a,x->HomeEnumerator(p){x}));
	p:=FunctionAction(p);
	a:=Action(Source(g!.actionHomomorphism),sets,
	     function(set,g)
	       return Set(List(set,x->p(x,g)));
	     end);
      else
	a:=Action(g,a,OnSets);
      fi;
      SetSize(a,Size(g));
      g:=a;
    fi;
    
  fi;
  if s<>fail and not HasName(g) then
    SetName(g,s);
  fi;
  SetIsSimpleGroup(g,true);
  return g;

end);

BindGlobal("SizeL2Q",q->q*(q-1)*(q+1)*Gcd(2,q)/2);

# deal with irregular order for L2(2^a)
# return [usedegree, nexta, stackvalue]
BindGlobal("NextL2Q",function(a,stack)
local NextL2PrimePowerInt;

  NextL2PrimePowerInt:=function(a)
    repeat
      a:=a+1;
    # L2(q) for q=4,5,9 duplicates others
    until IsPrimePowerInt(a) and not a in [4,5,9];
    return a;
  end;

  a:=NextL2PrimePowerInt(a);
  if stack<>fail then
    if SizeL2Q(stack)<SizeL2Q(a) then
      return [stack,a-1,fail];
    else
      return [a,a,stack];
    fi;
  elif IsEvenInt(a) and SizeL2Q(a)>SizeL2Q(NextL2PrimePowerInt(a)) then
    stack:=a;
    a:=NextL2PrimePowerInt(a);
    return [a,a,stack];
  else
    return [a,a,fail];
  fi;
end);

BindGlobal("NextIterator_SimGp",function(it)
local a,l,pos,g,b;
  if it!.done then return fail;fi;
  a:=it!.b;
  if a>1259903 then
    # 1259903 is the last prime power whose L2 order is <10^18
    Error("List of simple groups is only available up to order 10^18");
  fi;
  l:=SizeL2Q(a);
  pos:=it!.pos;
  if l<SIMPLEGPSNONL2[pos][1] and not it!.nopsl2 then
    # next is a L2
    g:=SimpleGroup("L",2,a);
    a:=NextL2Q(it!.a,it!.stack);
    it!.a:=a[2];
    it!.b:=a[1];
    it!.stack:=a[3];
  else
    # next is from the list
    a:=SIMPLEGPSNONL2[pos];
    it!.pos:=pos+1;

    if a[2]="Spor" then
      g:=SimpleGroup(a[3]);
    else
      if a[4]=0 then
        b:=a{[2,3]}; # 0 is filler
      else
	b:=a{[2..4]};
      fi;
      g:=CallFuncList(SimpleGroup,b);
    fi;
    # safety check
    if Size(g)<>a[1] then
      Error("order inconsistency");
    fi;
  fi;

  #Print("pos=",it!.pos," b=",it!.b,"\n");

  it!.done:=SIMPLEGPSNONL2[it!.pos][1]>it!.ende 
    and (SizeL2Q(it!.b)>it!.ende or it!.nopsl2);

  return g;
end);

BindGlobal("IsDoneIterator_SimGp",function(it)
  return it!.done;
end);

InstallGlobalFunction(SimpleGroupsIterator,function(arg)
  local a,b,stack,ende,start,pos,nopsl2;
  ende:=infinity;
  if Length(arg)=0 then
    start:=60;
  else
    start:=Maximum(60,arg[1]);
    if Length(arg)>1 then
      ende:=arg[2];
    fi;
  fi;
  nopsl2:=ValueOption("NOPSL2")=true or ValueOption("nopsl2")=true;

  # find relevant L2 order
  a:=RootInt(start,3)-1;
  stack:=fail;
  repeat
    a:=NextL2Q(a,stack);
    b:=a[1];
    stack:=a[3];
    a:=a[2];
  until SizeL2Q(b)>=start;
  pos:=First([1..Length(SIMPLEGPSNONL2)],x->SIMPLEGPSNONL2[x][1]>=start);

  return IteratorByFunctions(rec(
    IsDoneIterator:=IsDoneIterator_SimGp,
    NextIterator:=NextIterator_SimGp,
    ShallowCopy:=iter -> rec( a:=iter!.a,
      b:=iter!.b, ende:=iter!.ende,
      stack:=ShallowCopy(iter!.stack), pos:=iter!.pos,
      nopsl2:=iter!.nopsl2,
      done:=iter!.done),
    a:=a,
    b:=b,
    ende:=ende,
    stack:=stack,
    pos:=pos,
    nopsl2:=nopsl2,
    # if nopsl2 then the l2size is irrelevant
    done:=(SizeL2Q(b)>ende or nopsl2) and SIMPLEGPSNONL2[pos][1]>ende
  ));

end);

InstallGlobalFunction(ClassicalIsomorphismTypeFiniteSimpleGroup,function(G)
local t,r;
  if IsGroup(G) then
    t:=IsomorphismTypeInfoFiniteSimpleGroup(G);
  else
    t:=G;
  fi;
  r:=rec();
  if t.series in ["Z","A"] then
    r.series:=t.series;
    r.parameter:=[t.parameter];
  elif t.series in ["L","E"] then
    r.series:=t.series;
    r.parameter:=t.parameter;
  elif t.series="Spor" then
    r.series:=t.series;
    # stupid naming of J2
    if Length(t.name)>5 and t.name{[1..5]}="HJ = " then
      r.parameter:=["J2"];
    else
      r.parameter:=[t.name];
    fi;
  elif t.series="B" then
    r.series:="O";
    r.parameter:=[t.parameter[1]*2+1,t.parameter[2]];
  elif t.series="C" then
    r.series:="S";
    r.parameter:=[t.parameter[1]*2,t.parameter[2]];
  elif t.series="D" then
    r.series:="O+";
    r.parameter:=[t.parameter[1]*2,t.parameter[2]];
  elif t.series="F" then
    r.series:="F";
    r.parameter:=[4,t.parameter];
  elif t.series="G" then
    r.series:="G";
    r.parameter:=[2,t.parameter];
  elif t.series="2A" then
    r.series:="U";
    r.parameter:=[t.parameter[1]+1,t.parameter[2]];
  elif t.series="2B" then
    r.series:="Sz";
    r.parameter:=[t.parameter];
  elif t.series="2D" then
    r.series:="O-";
    r.parameter:=[t.parameter[1]*2,t.parameter[2]];
  elif t.series="3D" then
    r.series:="3D";
    r.parameter:=[4,t.parameter];
  elif t.series="2E" then
    r.series:="2E";
    r.parameter:=[6,t.parameter];
  elif t.series="2F" then
    if t.parameter=2 then
      r.series:="Spor";
      r.parameter:=["T"];
    else
      r.series:="2F";
      r.parameter:=[t.parameter];
    fi;
  elif t.series="2G" then
    r.series:="2G";
    r.parameter:=[t.parameter];
  fi;
  return r;
end);

InstallMethod(DataAboutSimpleGroup,true,[IsGroup],0,
function(G)
local id;
  id:=IsomorphismTypeInfoFiniteSimpleGroup(G);
  return DataAboutSimpleGroup(id);
end);

InstallOtherMethod(DataAboutSimpleGroup,true,[IsRecord],0,
function(id)
local nam,e,EFactors,par,expo,prime,result,aut,i;

#note: Extensions are up to isomorphism, not with embedding questions. Thus
#no distinction of ' extensions!

  # possible automorphism extensions for Chevalley groups
  EFactors:=function(d,f,g)
  local dd,df,dg,r,myprod,gal,i,s,j,ddn;

    if g>2 then 
      # do a few basic cases first ...
      if d=1 and f=1 and g=6 then
	# subgroup classes S_3
	dd:=[ [ 1, "1" ], [ 2, "2" ], [ 3, "3" ], [ 6, "3.2" ] ];
	return dd;
      elif d=4 and f=1 and g=6 then
	# subgroup classes S_4 
	dd:=[ [ 1, "1" ], [ 2, "2_1" ],[ 2, "2_2" ], [ 3, "3" ],
	      [ 4, "4" ], [ 4, "(2^2)_{111}" ], [4,"(2^2)_{122}"],
	      [ 6, "3.2" ], [ 8, "D8" ], [ 12, "A4" ], 
	      [ 24, "S4" ] ];
	return dd;
      else
	Error("mixed triality not yet done");
      fi;
    fi;

    if f>1 then
      dd:=PrimitiveElement(GF(prime^f))^((prime^f-1)/d);
      dd:=List([0..d-1],x->dd^x); # Powers;
      gal:=GaloisGroup(GF(prime^f));
      gal:=SmallGeneratingSet(gal);
      if Length(gal)>1 then Error("not small generators");fi;
      gal:=gal[1];
      gal:=List([0..f-1],x->Permutation(gal^x,dd));
    fi;

    myprod:=function(c1,c2)
    local d2,g1,f1;
      d2:=c2[1];
      if c1[3]>0 and d2>0 then
	d2:=((d2+1)^gal[c1[3]+1])-1;
      fi;

      if c1[2]=1 then
	# g-action
	d2:=-d2 mod d;
      fi;

      if g=1 then
	g1:=0;
      else
	g1:=(c1[2]+c2[2]) mod g;
      fi;

      if f=1 then
	f1:=0;
      else
	f1:=(c1[3]+c2[3]) mod f;
      fi;
      f1:=[(c1[1]+d2) mod d,g1,f1];
#Print(c1,"*",c2,"=",f1,"\n");
      return f1;

    end;

    r:=[];
    if Number([d,g,f],i->i>1)>1 then
      # form group
      dd:=Cartesian([0..d-1],[0..g-1],[0..f-1]);
      dd:=List(dd,x->List(dd,y->Position(dd,myprod(y,x))));
      dd:=List(dd,PermList);
      dd:=Group(dd);
      if Size(dd)<>d*f*g then Error("wrong automorphism order");fi;
      dd:=List(ConjugacyClassesSubgroups(dd),Representative);
      ddn:=[];
      for i in dd do
	if IsCyclic(i) then
	  Add(ddn,String(Size(i)));
	else
	  r:="";
	  s:=Reversed(ElementaryAbelianSeriesLargeSteps(i));
	  for j in [2..Length(s)] do
	    if Length(r)>0 then
	      Add(r,'.');
	    fi;
	    j:=AbelianInvariants(s[j]/s[j-1]);
	    Append(r,String(j[1]));
	    if Length(j)>1 then
	      Add(r,'^');
	      Append(r,String(Length(j)));
	    fi;
	  od;
	  Add(ddn,r);
	fi;
      od;
      r:=[];
      for i in [1..Length(dd)] do
	if Number(ddn,x->x=ddn[i])=1 then
	  Add(r,[Size(dd[i]),ddn[i]]);
	else
	  Add(r,[Size(dd[i]),Concatenation(ddn[i],"_",
	    String(Number(ddn{[1..i]},x->x=ddn[i])))]);
	fi;
      od;
      
      return r;
    fi;

    if d>1 then
      dd:=DivisorsInt(d);
      r:=List(dd,i->[i,String(i)]);
    fi;
    if f>1 then
      df:=DivisorsInt(f);
      r:=List(df,i->[i,String(i)]);
    fi;
    if g>1 then
      dg:=DivisorsInt(g);
      r:=List(dg,i->[i,String(i)]);
    fi;
    return Filtered(r,i->i[1]>1);
  end;

  # fix O5 to SP4
  if id.series="B" and id.parameter[1]=2 then
    id:=rec(name:=id.name,series:="C",parameter:=id.parameter);
  fi;

  if IsBound(id.parameter) then
    par:=id.parameter;
    if IsList(par) then
      prime:=Factors(par[2])[1];
      expo:=LogInt(par[2],prime);
    else
      prime:=Factors(par)[1];
      expo:=LogInt(par,prime);
    fi;
  fi;

  e:=[];
  if id.series="Spor" then
    nam:=id.name;
    # deal wirth stupid names in identification

    if nam in ["M(11)","M(12)","M(22)","M(23)","M(24)","J(1)","J(3)",
               "J(4)","Co(3)","Co(2)","Fi(22)","Fi(23)"] then
      nam:=Filtered(nam,x->x<>'(' and x<>')');
    elif nam="HJ = J(2) = F(5-)" then
      nam:="J2";
    elif nam="He = F(7)" then
      nam:="He";
    elif nam="Fi(24) = F(3+)" then
      nam:="F3+";
    elif nam="Mc" then
      nam:="McL";
    elif nam="HN = F(5) = F = F(5+)" then
      nam:="HN";
    elif nam="Th = F(3) = E = F(3/3)" then
      nam:="Th";
    elif nam="Co(1) = F(2-)" then
      nam:="Co1";
    elif nam="B = F(2+)" then
      nam:="B";
    elif nam="M = F(1)" then
      nam:="M";
    fi;
    if nam in ["M12","M22","HS","McL","He","Fi22","F3+","HN","Suz","ON",
               "J2","J3"] then
      e:=[[2,"2"]];
    fi;
  elif id.series="A" then
    nam:=Concatenation("A",String(par));
    if par=6 then
      e:=[[2,"2_1"],[2,"2_2"],[2,"2_3"],[4,"2^2"]];
    else
      e:=[[2,"2"]];
    fi;
  elif id.series="L" then
    nam:=Concatenation("L",String(par[1]),"(",String(par[2]),")");
    if par[1]=2 then
      e:=EFactors(Gcd(2,par[2]-1),expo,1);
    else
      e:=EFactors(Gcd(par[1],par[2]-1),expo,2);
    fi;
  elif id.series="2A" then
    nam:=Concatenation("U",String(par[1]+1),"(",String(par[2]),")");
    e:=EFactors(Gcd(par[1]+1,par[2]+1),2*expo,1);
  elif id.series="B" then
    nam:=Concatenation("O",String(2*par[1]+1),"(",String(par[2]),")");
    if par[1]=2 and par[2]=3 then
      nam:="U4(2)"; # library name
    fi;
    if par[1]=2 and prime=2 then
      e:=EFactors(Gcd(2,par[2]-1),expo,2);
    else
      e:=EFactors(Gcd(2,par[2]-1),expo,1);
    fi;
  elif id.series="2B" then
    nam:=Concatenation("Sz(",String(par),")");
    e:=EFactors(1,expo,1);
  elif id.series="C" then
    nam:=Concatenation("S",String(par[1]*2),"(",String(par[2]),")");
    if par[1]=2 and prime=2 then
      e:=EFactors(Gcd(2,par[2]-1),expo,2);
    else
      e:=EFactors(Gcd(2,par[2]-1),expo,1);
    fi;
  elif id.series="D" then
    nam:=Concatenation("O",String(par[1]*2),"+(",String(par[2]),")");
    if par[1]=4 then
      e:=EFactors(Gcd(2,par[2]-1)^2,expo,6);
    elif IsEvenInt(par[1]) then
      e:=EFactors(Gcd(2,par[2]-1)^2,expo,2);
    else
      e:=EFactors(Gcd(4,par[2]^par[1]-1),expo,2);
    fi;
  elif id.series="2D" then
    nam:=Concatenation("O",String(par[1]*2),"-(",String(par[2]),")");
    e:=EFactors(Gcd(4,par[2]^par[1]+1),expo/2,1);

  elif id.series="F" then
    nam:=Concatenation("F4(",String(par),")");
    if prime=2 then
      e:=EFactors(1,expo,2);
    else
      e:=EFactors(1,expo,1);
    fi;

  elif id.series="G" then
    nam:=Concatenation("G2(",String(par),")");
    if prime=3 then
      e:=EFactors(1,expo,2);
    else
      e:=EFactors(1,expo,1);
    fi;

  elif id.series="3D" then
    nam:=Concatenation("3D4(",String(par),")");
    e:=EFactors(1,3*expo,1);
  elif id.series="2G" then
    nam:=Concatenation("R(",String(par),")");
    e:=EFactors(1,expo,1);
  elif id.series="2F" and id.parameter=2 then
    # special case for tits' group before sorting out further 2F4's
    nam:="2F4(2)'";
    e:=[[2,"2"]];
  else
    Info(InfoWarning,1,"simple group tom nonidentified/not yet done");
    nam:=fail;
    e:=fail;
  fi;

  # kill trivial extension if given
  e:=Filtered(e,x->x[1]>1);

  # get size of full outer automorphisms
  aut:=[1,nam];
  for i in e do
    if i[1]>aut[1] then
      aut:=i;
    fi;
  od;

  result:=rec(idSimple:=id,
	      tomName:=nam,
	      allExtensions:=e,
              fullAutGroup:=aut,
              classicalId:=ClassicalIsomorphismTypeFiniteSimpleGroup(id));

  return result;
end);

InstallGlobalFunction(SufficientlySmallDegreeSimpleGroupOrder,function(n)
local a;
  if n<168 then return 5;fi; 
  a:=Filtered(SIMPLEGPSNONL2,x->x[1]=n);
  # we have degree data up to order 2^55
  if n<=10^55 and Length(a)=0 then
    # L2 case
    return 2*RootInt(n,3);
  elif ForAll(a,x->Length(x)>4) then
    return Maximum(List(a,x->x[5]));
  fi;
  # we don't know a smallest degree
  a:=2^Number(Factors(n),x->x=2);
  return n/a; # 2-Sylow index
end);

InstallGlobalFunction("EpimorphismFromClassical",function(G)
local H,d,id,hom,field,C,dom,orbs;
  if not IsSimpleGroup(G) then
    H:=PerfectResiduum(G);
  else
    H:=G;
  fi;
  d:=DataAboutSimpleGroup(H);
  id:=d.idSimple;
  if not id.series in ["L","2A","C"] then
    return fail;
  fi;

  # TODO: Recognize subgroups of almost 
  if G<>H then 
    return fail;
  fi;

  field:=id.parameter[2];
  if id.series="2A" then
    field:=field^2;
  fi;

  # the source group we are expecting
  if id.series="L" then
    C:=SL(id.parameter[1],id.parameter[2]);
  elif id.series="C" then
    C:=SP(2*id.parameter[1],id.parameter[2]);
  elif id.series="2A" then
    C:=SU(id.parameter[1]+1,id.parameter[2]);
  else
    Error("not yet done");
  fi;

  # was the fgroup created as ``P...''?
  if IsBound(G!.actionHomomorphism) then
    hom:=G!.actionHomomorphism;
    if IsMatrixGroup(Source(hom)) and Image(hom)=G and Size(Source(hom))/Size(G)<field then
      # test that the source is really the group we want
      if GeneratorsOfGroup(C)=GeneratorsOfGroup(Source(hom)) 
	or Source(hom)=C then
	  return hom;
      #else
#	Print("different source -- ID\n");
      fi;
    fi;
  fi;

  # build isom
  dom:=NormedRowVectors(DefaultFieldOfMatrixGroup(C)^DimensionOfMatrixGroup(C));
  hom:=ActionHomomorphism(C,dom,OnLines,"surjective");
  orbs:=Orbits(Image(hom),MovedPoints(Image(hom)));
  if Length(orbs)>1 then
    # reduce domain
    orbs:=ShallowCopy(orbs);
    Sort(orbs,function(a,b) return Length(a)<Length(b);end);
    dom:=dom{Set(orbs[1])};
    hom:=ActionHomomorphism(C,dom,OnLines,"surjective");
  fi;

  if Size(Image(hom))<>Size(G) then
    Error("inconsistent image");
  fi;

  if # catch if one group is with memory
     RepresentationsOfObject(One(Image(hom)))=
     RepresentationsOfObject(One(G)) 
     and Image(hom)=G then
    d:=IdentityMapping(G);
  else
    # Image(hom) is the better group to search in, e.g. classes.
    d:=Image(hom);
    d!.actionHomomorphism:=hom;
    return fail;
    Error("QQQ");
    d:=IsomorphismGroups(G,Image(hom));
  fi;
  if d=fail then
    Error("inconsistent image 2");
  fi;
  return hom*InverseGeneralMapping(d);

end);