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We survey the results regarding semi-extraspecial p-groups. Semi-extraspecial groups can be viewed as generalizations of extraspecial groups. We present the connections between semi-extraspecial groups, Camina groups, and VZ-groups, and give upper bounds on the order of the center and the orders of abelian normal subgroups. We define ultraspecial groups to be semi-extraspecial groups where the center is as large as possible, and demonstrate a connection between ultraspecial groups that have at least two abelian subgroups whose order is the maximum and semifields.

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    Mark L. Lewis

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  2. Department of Mathematics, Spring Hill College, Mobile, AL, USA

    Lauren Grimley

  3. Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL, USA

    Drew Lewis

  4. Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL, USA

    Andrei Pavelescu

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Lewis, M.L. (2019). Semi-extraspecial Groups. In: Feldvoss, J., Grimley, L., Lewis, D., Pavelescu, A., Pillen, C. (eds) Advances in Algebra. SRAC 2017. Springer Proceedings in Mathematics & Statistics, vol 277. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-11521-0_11

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