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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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