Commutators in finite quasisimple groups

Bulletin of the London Mathematical Society

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1079-1092

  Liebeck, Martin W ^a   O'Brien, E A ^b   Shalev, Aner ^c   Tiep, Pham Huu ^d  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

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EID: 82255186149     PISSN: 00246093     EISSN: 14692120     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1112/blms/bdr043     Document Type: Article

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