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Soluble and Nilpotent Groups

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A Course in the Theory of Groups

Part of the book series: Graduate Texts in Mathematics ((GTM,volume 80))

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In this chapter we shall study classes of groups which can be constructed from abelian groups by repeatedly forming extensions, the process by which finite groups are built up from simple groups.

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Robinson, D.J.S. (1996). Soluble and Nilpotent Groups. In: A Course in the Theory of Groups. Graduate Texts in Mathematics, vol 80. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-8594-1_5

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