Actions on 2-complexes and the homotopical invariant ∑2 of a group

Journal of Pure and Applied Algebra

Volumn 119, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 297-317

  Meinert, Holger ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

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EID: 0031558127     PISSN: 00224049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-4049(96)00030-8     Document Type: Article

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