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Burnside problem, in group theory (a branch of modern algebra), problem of determining if a finitely generated periodic group with each element of finite order must necessarily be a finite group. The problem was formulated by the English mathematician William Burnside in 1902. A finitely generated group is one in which a finite number of elements within the group suffice to produce through their combinations every element in the group. For example, all the positive integers (1, 2, 3…) can be generated using the first element, 1, by repeatedly adding it to itself. An element has finite order if its ...(100 of 511 words)

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