Laminations, trees, and irreducible automorphisms of free groups

Geometric and Functional Analysis

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 215-244

  Bestvina, Mladen ^a   Feighn, Mark ^b   Handel, Michael ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

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EID: 0031285883     PISSN: 1016443X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00001618     Document Type: Article

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