Kyungpook Mathematical Journal

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On a Problem Posed by Belcastro and Sherman

  • Received : 2013.08.26
  • Accepted : 2013.10.21
  • Published : 2016.03.23
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Abstract

In this paper, we compute the number of distinct centralizers and commutativity degree of a class of finite groups. These computations produce a further class of examples of groups answering one question raised by Belcastro and Sherman and another one raised by Lescot.

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