Upper Bounds for the Number of Conjugacy Classes of a Finite Group

Journal of Algebra

Volumn 198, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 538-562

  Liebeck, Martin W ^a   Pyber, László ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ALFRÉD RÉNYI INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS   (Hungary)

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EID: 0000384482     PISSN: 00218693     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jabr.1997.7158     Document Type: Article

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