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Products of Conjugacy Classes in the Special Linear Groups

D. M. Rodgers DPMMS, CMS, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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Jan Saxl DPMMS, CMS, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK; DPMMS, CMS, University of Cambridge, Wilberforce Road, Cambridge, CB3 0WB, UKCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 4623-4638 | Received 01 Apr 2002, Published online: 01 Feb 2007

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