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T-systems of certain finite simple groups

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2008

Martin J. Evans
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487, U.S.A.

Extract

Let Fn be the free group of rank n freely generated by x1, x2,…, xn and write d(G) for the minimal number of generators of the finitely generated group G.

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Research Article
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Copyright © Cambridge Philosophical Society 1993

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