It is proved that every group of exponent 24 containing an element of order 3 but not containing an element of order 6 is locally finite.
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Translated from Algebra i Logika, Vol. 49, No. 6, pp. 766–781, November-December, 2010.
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Mazurov, V.D. Groups of exponent 24. Algebra Logic 49, 515–525 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10469-011-9114-0
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