# On finite groups having a certain number of cyclic subgroups

Document Type : Research Paper

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Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science, Imam Khomeini International University, Qazvin, Iran.

Abstract

Let $G$ be a finite group. In this paper, we study the structure of finite groups having $|G|-r$ cyclic subgroups for $3\leq r\leq 5$.

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