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The Hughes problem for exponent nine

  • Thomas J. Laffey (a1)
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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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Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society
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