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CONJUGACY CLASS SIZES IN FINITE GROUPS

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 October 2008

AVINOAM MANN*
Affiliation:
Einstein Institute of Mathematics, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel (email: mann@math.huji.ac.il)
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Abstract

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We make several conjectures, and prove some results, pertaining to conjugacy classes of a given size in finite groups, especially in p-groups and 2-groups.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © 2008 Australian Mathematical Society

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