On finitely generated profinite groups, II: Products in quasisimple groups

Annals of Mathematics

Volumn 165, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 239-273

  Nikolov, Nikolay ^a   Segal, Dan ^b  

^a NEW COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b ALL SOULS COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 34247874692     PISSN: 0003486X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4007/annals.2007.165.239     Document Type: Article

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