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A class of two generator two relation finite groups

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 April 2009

J. W. Wamsley
Affiliation:
School of Mathematical Sciences The Flinders University of South AustraliaBeford Park, South Australia, 5042, Australia
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A group which is minimally generated by n generators and defined by n relations is said to have zero deficiency. The class of finite groups known to have zero deficiency is small, consisting of cyclic groups, certain metacyclic groups [4] and classes of groups given in [1], [2] and [3].

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Research Article
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Copyright © Australian Mathematical Society 1972

References

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