Dimension theory of arbitrary modules over finite von Neumann algebras and L2-Betti numbers II: Applications to Grothendieck groups, L2-Euler characteristics and Burnside groups

Journal fur die Reine und Angewandte Mathematik

Volumn 496, Issue , 1998, Pages 213-236

  Lück, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

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EID: 0032338346     PISSN: 00754102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/crll.1998.031     Document Type: Article

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