Non-congruence presentations of finite simple groups
William Y. Chen
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USAAlexander Lubotzky
The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, IsraelPham Huu Tiep
Rutgers University, Piscataway, USA

Abstract
We prove two results on some special generators of finite simple groups and use them to prove that every non-abelian finite simple group admits a non-congruence presentation (as conjectured by Chen, Lubotzky, and Tiep (2024)), and that if has a non-trivial Schur multiplier, then it admits a smooth cover (as conjectured by Chen, Fan, Li, and Zhu (2024)).
Cite this article
William Y. Chen, Alexander Lubotzky, Pham Huu Tiep, Non-congruence presentations of finite simple groups. Atti Accad. Naz. Lincei Cl. Sci. Fis. Mat. Natur. (2026), published online first
DOI 10.4171/RLM/1078