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Groups of exponent eight

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 April 2009

Fritz J. Grunewald ,
George Havas ,
J.L. Mennicke  and
M.F. Newman
Fritz J. Grunewald
Affiliation:
Mathematisches Institut der Universität, Bielefeld, Germany
George Havas
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Institute of Advanced Studies, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT
J.L. Mennicke
Affiliation:
Mathematisches Institut der Universität, Bielefeld, Germany
M.F. Newman
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Institute of Advanced Studies, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT.
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This paper is a survey of the current state of knowledge on groups of exponent 8. It contains a report on a first stage of an attempt to answer the Burnside questions for these groups.

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Bulletin of the Australian Mathematical Society , Volume 20 , Issue 1 , January 1979 , pp. 7 - 16
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Copyright © Australian Mathematical Society 1979

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