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On the Schur multiplier of a quotient of a direct product of groups

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 April 2009

Graham Ellis
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland e-mail: graham.ellis@ucg.ie
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Abstract

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We use a nonabelian exterior product to strengthen two old and basic results on the Schur multiplier of a (central) quotient of a direct product of groups.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Australian Mathematical Society 1998

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