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Some questions about p-groups

Part of: Representation theory of groups

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 April 2009

Avinoam Mann
Avinoam Mann
Affiliation:
Einstein Institute of Mathematics Hebrew UniversityGivat Ram Jerusalem 91904Israel e-mail: mann@vms.huji.ac.il
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Abstract

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We present some questions that we feel are important and interesting for the theory of finite p-groups, and survey known results regarding these questions.

Mike, the other year you asked me how I saw the future of p-group theory. All I can offer in answer are more questions.

MSC classification

Secondary: 20D15: Nilpotent groups, $p$-groups
Type
Research Article
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Journal of the Australian Mathematical Society , Volume 67 , Issue 3 , December 1999 , pp. 356 - 379
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Copyright © Australian Mathematical Society 1999

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