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On a Theorem Of Baer and Higman

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

Seân Tobin
Seân Tobin*
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University College, Galway, Ireland
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1.1 Baer has shown (1) that if the fact that the exponent of a group is m (that is, m is the least common multiple of the periods of the elements) implies a limitation on the class of the group, then m must be a prime. Graham Higman has extended this result by proving (3) that for any given integer M there are at most a finite number of prime powers q other than primes, such that the fact that a group has exponent q implies a limitation on the class of the Mth derived subgroup.

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Research Article
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Canadian Journal of Mathematics , Volume 8 , 1956 , pp. 263 - 270
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Copyright © Canadian Mathematical Society 1956

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