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The breadth of finite p-groups, I*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 February 2012

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

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Research Article
Information
Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Section A: Mathematics , Volume 78 , Issue 1-2 , 1977 , pp. 31 - 39
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1977

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