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We improve the known bounds on the essential dimension of p-groups over (large) fields of characteristic p.
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Ledet, A. (2004). On the Essential Dimension of p-Groups. In: Hashimoto, Ki., Miyake, K., Nakamura, H. (eds) Galois Theory and Modular Forms. Developments in Mathematics, vol 11. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-0249-0_8
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