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Some problems in combinatorial group theory

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Pride, S.J. (1989). Some problems in combinatorial group theory. In: Kim, A.C., Neumann, B.H. (eds) Groups — Korea 1988. Lecture Notes in Mathematics, vol 1398. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0086251

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