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Unsolved Problems in Group Theory. The Kourovka Notebook

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arxiv 1401.0300 v45 pith:G6ISUXWT submitted 2014-01-01 math.GR

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This is a collection of open problems in group theory proposed by hundreds of mathematicians from all over the world. It has been published every 2--4 years since 1965. This is the 21st edition, which contains 150 new problems and a number of comments on problems from the previous editions.

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