Maximal subgroups in finite and profinite groups

Transactions of the American Mathematical Society

Volumn 348, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 3745-3761

  Borovik, Alexandre V ^a   Pyber, Laszlo ^b   Shalev, Aner ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b ALFRÉD RÉNYI INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS   (Hungary)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

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EID: 21444458682     PISSN: 00029947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1090/s0002-9947-96-01665-0     Document Type: Article

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