Aleksandr Gennadievich Kurosh

1908 - 1971

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Kurosh proved important results in Group Theory and is best-known as the author of one of the standard text-books in the subject.
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List of References (5 books/articles)

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Additional Material in MacTutor

  1. Kurosh's Introduction to Lectures on general algebra
  2. Kurosh's book The theory of groups 2nd edition
  3. Kurosh's book The theory of groups 1st edition

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