In the mathematical field of group theory, the Baby Monster group B (or just Baby Monster) is a group of order
- 241 · 313 · 56 · 72 · 11 · 13 · 17 · 19 · 23 · 31 · 47
- = 4154781481226426191177580544000000
- ≈ 4 · 1033.
The Baby Monster group is one of the sporadic simple groups, and has the second highest order of these, with the highest order being that of the Monster group. The double cover of the Baby Monster is the centralizer of an element of order 2 in the Monster group.
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