Superrigidity and mapping class groups

Topology

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1169-1176

  Farb, Benson ^a   Masur, Howard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

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EID: 0001340356     PISSN: 00409383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-9383(97)00099-2     Document Type: Article

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