The smallest group with non-zero presentation rank

Journal of Group Theory

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 147-155

  Dalla Volta, Francesca ^a   Lucchini, Andrea ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

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