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We give an amenability criterion for groups in terms of their approximation by finite quasigroups. Bibliography: 20 titles.
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Translated from Zapiski Nauchnykh Seminarov POMI, Vol. 326, 2005, pp. 48–58.
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Glebsky, L.Y., Gordon, E.I. On approximation of amenable groups by finite quasigroups. J Math Sci 140, 369–375 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10958-007-0446-1
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