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Author(s): Michael Aschbacher and Stephen D. Smith
Title: The classification of quasithin groups I, II
Additional book information: Mathematical Surveys and Monographs, vols. 111--112, American Mathematical Society, Providence, RI, 2004, 1221, US$228.00, 0-8218-3410-X (Vol. 111), 0-8218-3411-8 (Vol. 112)

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Additional Information:

Reviewer(s):
Ronald Solomon
Affiliation: The Ohio State University
Email: solomon@math.ohio-state.edu

Review Information:
Journal: Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 43 (2006), 115-121.

MSC (2000): Primary 20D05; Secondary 20C20
DOI: 10.1090/S0273-0979-05-01071-2
PII: S 0273-0979(05)01071-2
Posted: July 5, 2005
Copyright of article: Copyright 2005, American Mathematical Society
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