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Finite-by-nilpotent groups

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2008

P. Hall
Affiliation:
King's CollegeCambridge

Extract

1. Introduction. 1·1. Notation. Let

and

be, respectively, the upper and lower central series of a group G. By definition, Zi+1/Zi is the centre of G/Zi and Γj+1 = [Γj, G] is the commutator subgroup of Γj with G. When necessary for clearness, we write ZiG) for Zi and Γj(G) for Γj.

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Research Article
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Copyright © Cambridge Philosophical Society 1956

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