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Thillaisundaram, A. (2012). The automorphism group for p-central p-groups. International Journal of Group Theory, 1(2), 59-71. doi: 10.22108/ijgt.2012.745
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Anitha Thillaisundaram. "The automorphism group for p-central p-groups". International Journal of Group Theory, 1, 2, 2012, 59-71. doi: 10.22108/ijgt.2012.745
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Thillaisundaram, A. (2012). 'The automorphism group for p-central p-groups', International Journal of Group Theory, 1(2), pp. 59-71. doi: 10.22108/ijgt.2012.745
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