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Very much like "Fermat's last theorem" in number theory, Burnside's problem
has acted as a catalyst for research in group theory. The fascination exerted
by a problem with an extremely simple formulation which then turns out to be
extremely difficult has something irresistible about it to the mind of the mathematician.
B.Chandler, W.Magnus
"The History of Combinatorial Group Theory", 1982
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