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The word problem and the isomorphism problem for groups

Author(s): John Stillwell
Journal: Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 6 (1982), 33-56.
MSC (1980): Primary 01A60, 20F05, 20F10; Secondary 03D10
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DOI: 10.1090/S0273-0979-1982-14963-1
PII: S 0273-0979(1982)14963-1


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