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Nonsingular systems of two length three equations over a group

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2008

James Howie
James Howie
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Department of Mathematics, Heriot-Watt University, Riccarton, Edinburgh EH14 4AS
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In this paper we consider the conjecture of Kervaire, that a nonsingular system of equations in one or more variables over an arbitrary group G has a solution in some overgroup of G.

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Research Article
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Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society , Volume 110 , Issue 1 , July 1991 , pp. 11 - 24
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Copyright © Cambridge Philosophical Society 1991

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