C*-algebras arising from group actions on the boundary of a triangle building

Proceedings of the London Mathematical Society

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 613-637

  Robertson, Guyan ^a   Steger, Tim ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

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EID: 0001360329     PISSN: 00246115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1112/plms/s3-72.3.613     Document Type: Article

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