Corrigendum and addendum to: “Classification of finite groups with all elements of prime order” [Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 106 (1989), no. 3, 625–629; MR0969518 (89k:20038)] by Deaconescu

Cheng, Kai Nah; Deaconescu, M.; Lang, Mong-Lung; Shi, Wu Jie

doi:10.1090/S0002-9939-1993-1116270-7

Corrigendum and addendum to: “Classification of finite groups with all elements of prime order” [Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 106 (1989), no. 3, 625–629; MR0969518 (89k:20038)] by Deaconescu
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Abstract:

It is shown that the groups in question are either $p$-groups of exponent $p$ or Frobenius groups of particular type, or they are isomorphic to the simple group ${A_5}$; the misprints and mistakes of a previous paper of the second author are corrected.

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