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On the definition of saturated formations of groups

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 April 2009

John Cossey
Affiliation:
School of General Studies, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, and The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland.
Sheila Oates Macdonald
Affiliation:
School of General Studies, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, and The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland.
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Abstract

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We exhibit a closure operation which serves to define saturated formations of finite soluble groups.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Australian Mathematical Society 1971

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