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A uniqueness lemma for groups generated by 3-transpositions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2008

Richard Weiss
Richard Weiss
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Department of Mathematics, Tufts University, Medford, MA 02155, U.S.A.
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Let G be a group. A subset D of G will be called a set of 3-transpositions if |x| =2 for all xεD and |xy| = 3 whenever x, yεD do not commute. We will call the set D closed if xDx = D for each xεD. For each xεD, let

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Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society , Volume 97 , Issue 3 , May 1985 , pp. 421 - 431
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Copyright © Cambridge Philosophical Society 1985

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