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Centralizers in locally finite groups

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Hartley, B. (1987). Centralizers in locally finite groups. In: Kegel, O.H., Menegazzo, F., Zacher, G. (eds) Group Theory. Lecture Notes in Mathematics, vol 1281. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0078689

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