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Reference
Dear JackSchmidt!

I am interested in a detailed reference for the quote

"...though the sheer number of families of such groups grows so quickly that further classifications along these lines are judged difficult for the human mind to comprehend (Leedham-Green & McKay 2002)."

in the article on p-groups. Is the whole sentence actually a quote -- or is it a modification of

"But the precise structure of $p$-groups is too complex for the human intellect" (p.214, last paragraph)

Cheers! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 134.169.54.229 (talk) 09:46, 14 April 2009 (UTC)


 * Yes, it is a paraphrase of the last sentence on page 214 of Leedham-Green & McKay's book on the Structure of Groups of Prime Power Order. I adjusted the inline citation in p-group to indicate the page number.  Let me know (or feel free to change it) if the paraphrasing is not accurate. JackSchmidt (talk) 14:02, 14 April 2009 (UTC)

Wondering something
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Bruhat_decomposition#Does_the_field_need_to_be_algebraically_closed.3F

Could you answer this? You seem to be knowledgeable about Bruhat-decomposition. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Negi(afk) (talk • contribs) 21:10, 28 April 2009 (UTC)

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