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A survey of the congruence subgroup problem

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Rehmann, U. (1982). A survey of the congruence subgroup problem. In: Dennis, R.K. (eds) Algebraic K-Theory. Lecture Notes in Mathematics, vol 966. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0062176

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