On the minimal degree of a Primitive Permutation Group

Journal of Algebra

Volumn 207, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 127-145

  Guralnick, Robert ^a   Magaard, Kay ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0032165725     PISSN: 00218693     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jabr.1998.7451     Document Type: Article

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