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A characterization of the symplectic and unitary 3-transposition groups

Hans Cuypers Department of Mathematics, Eindhoven University of Technology, P.O. Box 513, Eindhoven, MB, 5600, The Netherlands
Pages 3379-3403 | Received 01 Jun 1994, Published online: 27 Jun 2007

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