The Poisson boundary of the mapping class group

Inventiones Mathematicae

Volumn 125, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 221-264

  Kaimanovich, Vadim A ^a   Masur, Howard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

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EID: 0030555584     PISSN: 00209910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002220050074     Document Type: Article

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