The covering number of the group PSLn(F)

Journal of Algebra

Volumn 182, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 60-84

  Lev, Arieh ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

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EID: 0030585299     PISSN: 00218693     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jabr.1996.0162     Document Type: Article

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