Covering numbers for Chevalley groups

Israel Journal of Mathematics

Volumn 111, Issue , 1999, Pages 339-372

  Ellers, Erich W ^a   Gordeev, Nikolai ^b   Herzog, Marcel ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b HERZEN STATE PEDAGOGICAL UNIVERSITY OF RUSSIA   (Russian Federation)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

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EID: 0001023114     PISSN: 00212172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02810691     Document Type: Article

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