Homology of iterated semidirect products of free groups

Journal of Pure and Applied Algebra

Volumn 126, Issue 1-3, 1998, Pages 87-120

  Cohen, Daniel C ^a,c   Suciu, Alexander I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0032037265     PISSN: 00224049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-4049(96)00153-3     Document Type: Article

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