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Classification of finite groups according to the number of conjugacy classes

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We consider the problem of the classification of finite groups according to the number of conjugacy classes through the classification of all the finite groups with many minimal normal subgroups.

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  1. Departamento de Matemáticas, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad del Pais Vasco, Apartado 644, Bilbao, Spain

    Antonio Vera López

  2. Instituto Nacional de Bachillerato, Cura Valera, Huercal-Overa, Almeria, Spain

    Juan Vera López

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López, A.V., López, J.V. Classification of finite groups according to the number of conjugacy classes. Israel J. Math. 51, 305–338 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02764723

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