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Group theory.

by Donna Jayne Hampton

Publisher: Oxford Brookes University in Oxford

Written in English
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Thesis (B.Sc) - Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, 1999.

ContributionsHobbs, Catherine A., Lionheart, Bill., Oxford Brookes University. School of Technology. Department of Mathematical Sciences.
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