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The Hughes problem for exponent nine

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2008

Thomas J. Laffey
Affiliation:
University College, Dublin

Extract

Let G be a finite group and n a natural number. Set Hn(G) = ≺gG|gn ≠ 1≻. The aim of this paper is to prove the following result.

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Research Article
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Copyright © Cambridge Philosophical Society 1980

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