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%S 2,3,5,7,11,13,17,19,23,29,31,37,41,43,47,59,67,71
%N The prime divisors of the orders of the sporadic finite simple groups.
%C This list is complete according to the classification theorem for finite simple groups.
%C This list includes all primes < 72 except 53 and 61, which do not divide the order of any sporadic finite simple group.
%C All entries on this list divide the order of the Monster, except 37, 43, and 67.
%D J. H. Conway, R. T. Curtis, S. P. Norton, R. A. Parker and R. A. Wilson, ATLAS of Finite Groups. Oxford Univ. Press, 1985 [for best online version see https://oeis.org/wiki/Welcome#Links_to_Other_Sites].
%H R. A. Wilson et al., ATLAS of Finite Group Representations, version 3, <a href="http://brauer.maths.qmul.ac.uk/Atlas/v3/spor/">Sporadic groups</a>
%e The first term is necessarily 2, by the Feit-Thompson theorem.
%Y Cf. A001228, A005180, A174670.
%K nonn,fini,full
%O 1,1
%A _Hal M. Switkay_, Nov 07 2019