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Coverings of Groups by Abelian Subgroups

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

V. Faber ,
R. Laver  and
R. McKenzie
V. Faber
Affiliation:
University of Colorado at Denver Denver, Colorado
R. Laver
Affiliation:
University of Colorado at Denver Denver, Colorado
R. McKenzie
Affiliation:
University of Colorado at Denver Denver, Colorado
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Paul Erdôs has suggested an investigation of infinite groups from the point of view of the partition relations of set theory. In particular, he suggested that given a group G, one considers the graph T with vertex set G whose edges are the pairs ﹛g, h﹜ which do not commute.

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Research Article
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Canadian Journal of Mathematics , Volume 30 , Issue 5 , 01 October 1978 , pp. 933 - 945
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Copyright © Canadian Mathematical Society 1978

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