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A basis for the laws of a class of simple groups

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 April 2009

Bruce Southcott
Bruce Southcott
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Queensland, Australia
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This paper presents a basis for the laws which hold in each of the finite simple groups, PSL(2, 2n), n> ≥ 2, thus partially solving a problem raised by Cossey, Macdonald and Street [3]. They considered the more general problem of finding bases for the laws which hold in PSL(2, pn), and succeded in finding a number of general laws, and in completing bases for pn ≤ 11. The solution of the general problem appears to be very difficult.

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Research Article
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Journal of the Australian Mathematical Society , Volume 17 , Issue 4 , June 1974 , pp. 500 - 505
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Copyright © Australian Mathematical Society 1974

References

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