On the conjectures of J. Thompson and O. Ore

Transactions of the American Mathematical Society

Volumn 350, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 3657-3671

  Ellers, Erich W ^a   Gordeev, Nikolai ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b HERZEN STATE PEDAGOGICAL UNIVERSITY OF RUSSIA   (Russian Federation)

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EID: 22044447684     PISSN: 00029947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1090/s0002-9947-98-01953-9     Document Type: Article

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