The stable rank of some free product c*-Algebras

Duke Mathematical Journal

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 95-121

  Dykema, Ken ^a   Haagerup, Uffe ^a   rørdam, Mikael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

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EID: 0001873068     PISSN: 00127094     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1215/S0012-7094-97-09004-9     Document Type: Article

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