Partitions and centralizers in the theory of finite groups

This paper is the author's abstract of a dissertation for the degree of Doctor of Physicomathematical Sciences. The dissertation was defended on February 10, 1969 at a united council for adjudicating academic degrees in mathematical sciences at the A. M. Gor'kii Urals State University. Official opponents: Corresponding Member of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR M. I. Kargapolov, Corresponding Member of the Academy of Sciences of the Ukrainian SSR S. N. Chernikov, Doctor of Physicomathematical Sciences Professor B. I. Plotkin, and Doctor of Physicomathematical Sciences V. S. Charin.