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A note on localizations of perfect groups

Author(s): Bernard Badzioch; Mark Feshbach
Journal: Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 133 (2005), 693-697.
MSC (2000): Primary 20J15; Secondary 55P60, 20F38
Posted: September 29, 2004
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Abstract: We describe a perfect group whose localization is not perfect.


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Additional Information:

Bernard Badzioch
Affiliation: School of Mathematics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455
Email: badzioch@math.umn.edu

Mark Feshbach
Affiliation: School of Mathematics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455
Email: feshbach@math.umn.edu

DOI: 10.1090/S0002-9939-04-07562-8
PII: S 0002-9939(04)07562-8
Received by editor(s): January 10, 2003
Received by editor(s) in revised form: November 9, 2003
Posted: September 29, 2004
Communicated by: Paul Goerss
Copyright of article: Copyright 2004, American Mathematical Society


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