Cofinitary permutation groups

Bulletin of the London Mathematical Society

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 113-140

  Cameron, Peter J ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0001358827     PISSN: 00246093     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1112/blms/28.2.113     Document Type: Article

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