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Chevalley groups An​(q)

 ... Group Finite group Classification of finite groups Classification of finite simple groups Group of Lie type Chevalley group
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They are the finite projective special linear groups.
This was the first infinite family of simple groups discovered after the simple cyclic groups and alternating groups. The first case discovered was PSL(2,p) by Galois. You should understand that one first.

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