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We prove local finiteness for the groups generated by a conjugacy class of order 3 elements whose every pair generates a subgroup that is isomorphic to Z 3, A 4, A 5, SL 2(3), or SL 2(5).
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Translated from Sibirskiĭ Matematicheskiĭ Zhurnal, Vol. 48, No. 3, pp. 631–644, May–June, 2007.
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Maksimenko, A.A., Mamontov, A.S. The local finiteness of some groups generated by a conjugacy class of order 3 elements. Sib Math J 48, 508–518 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11202-007-0053-x
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