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Triviality of the involution on SK1 for periodic groups

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  • Finite Group
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  • Group Ring
  • Periodic Group
  • Normal Abelian Subgroup

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Sondow, J.D. (1985). Triviality of the involution on SK1 for periodic groups. In: Ranicki, A., Levitt, N., Quinn, F. (eds) Algebraic and Geometric Topology. Lecture Notes in Mathematics, vol 1126. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0074447

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