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The authors introduce the notion of crown-like orders and introduce powerful tools for counting the endomorphisms of orders of this type.
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Currie, J.D., Visentin, T.I. Counting Endomorphisms of Crown-like Orders. Order 19, 305–317 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1022845202361
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