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On periodic groups having almost regular 2-elements*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2009

N. R. Rocco
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, University of Brasilia, 70.919 Brasilia – DF, Brazil
P. Shumyatsky
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, University of Brasilia, 70.919 Brasilia – DF, Brazil
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Abstract

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We show that if a periodic residually-finite group G has a 2-element with finite centralizer then G is locally finite.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Edinburgh Mathematical Society 1998

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