The residual finiteness of positive one-relator groups

Commentarii Mathematici Helvetici

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 314-338

  Wise, Daniel T ^a,b  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Malnormal; One relator group; Residually finite; Small cancellation theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000218705     PISSN: 00102571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00000381     Document Type: Article

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