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Is There a Core Class for Almost Free Groups of Size ℵ1?

Andreas Blass Mathematics Department, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA; Mathematics Department, University of Michigan, 525 East University Ave., Ann Arbor, MI, 48109-1109, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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John Irwin Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Pages 1189-1200 | Received 01 Oct 2002, Published online: 01 Feb 2007

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