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The breadth of finite p-groups, I*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 February 2012

I. D. Macdonald
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, University of Stirling

Extract

We clear the decks for an attack on the problem of the breadth and class of a finite p-group by exhibiting some examples with properties relevant to breadth. These were constructed by a mixture of hand computation, machine search and serendipity.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1977

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