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Periodic groups generated by finite amalgams

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2008

Kenneth K. Hickin ,
Richard E. Phillips  and
J. M. Plotkin
Kenneth K. Hickin
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824
Richard E. Phillips
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824
J. M. Plotkin
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824
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The following embedding theorem was proved in the paper (7). Let Π be a set of primes and P, H and K periodic Π-groups satisfying

Then there is a period Π-group J generated by isomorphic copies of H and K such that P ≤ J.

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Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society , Volume 87 , Issue 2 , March 1980 , pp. 189 - 197
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Copyright © Cambridge Philosophical Society 1980

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