On the minimal dimension of a finite simple group (with an appendix by T.C. Burness and R.M. Guralnick)

Timothy C. Burness, Martino Garonzi, Andrea Lucchini

Let $G$ be a finite group and let $\mathcal{M}$ be a set of maximal subgroups of $G$. We say that $\mathcal{M}$ is irredundant if the intersection of the subgroups in $\mathcal{M}$…