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On finite subgroups of groups of type VF
Leary, Ian J1
1 Department of Mathematics, The Ohio State University, 231 West 18th Avenue, Columbus, Ohio 43210-1174, USA, School of Mathematics, University of Southampton, Southampton, SO17 1BJ, United Kingdom
Geometry & topology, Tome 9 (2005) no. 4, pp. 1953-1976.

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For any finite group Q not of prime power order, we construct a group G that is virtually of type F, contains infinitely many conjugacy classes of subgroups isomorphic to Q, and contains only finitely many conjugacy classes of other finite subgroups.

DOI : 10.2140/gt.2005.9.1953
Keywords: conjugacy classes, finite subgroups, groups of type $F$

Leary, Ian J 1

1 Department of Mathematics, The Ohio State University, 231 West 18th Avenue, Columbus, Ohio 43210-1174, USA, School of Mathematics, University of Southampton, Southampton, SO17 1BJ, United Kingdom 
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Leary, Ian J. On finite subgroups of groups of type VF. Geometry & topology, Tome 9 (2005) no. 4, pp. 1953-1976. doi : 10.2140/gt.2005.9.1953. http://geodesic.mathdoc.fr/articles/10.2140/gt.2005.9.1953/

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