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The group of formal power series under substitution

Part of: Special aspects of infinite or finite groups

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 April 2009

D. L. Johnson
D. L. Johnson
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, The University of NottinghamNottingham NG7 2RD, England
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Abstract

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This is a study of formal power series under the binary operation of formal composition from a group-theoretical point of view. Various “large” properties are derived.

MSC classification

Secondary: 20F99: None of the above, but in this section
Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of the Australian Mathematical Society , Volume 45 , Issue 3 , December 1988 , pp. 296 - 302
Copyright
Copyright © Australian Mathematical Society 1988

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