Generators and commutators in finite groups; abstract quotients of compact groups

Inventiones Mathematicae

Volumn 190, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 513-602

  Nikolov, Nikolay ^a   Segal, Dan ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ALL SOULS COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84869167624     PISSN: 00209910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00222-012-0383-6     Document Type: Article

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