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15.54 (2002)

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Suppose that $G$ is a periodic group containing an involution $i$ such that the centralizer $C_G(i)$ is a locally cyclic 2-group. Does the set of all elements of odd order in $G$ that are inverted by $i$ form a subgroup?

Contributor: V. D. Mazurov

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