Rigidity of infinite disk patterns

Annals of Mathematics

Volumn 149, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-33

  He, Zheng Xu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0033241659     PISSN: 0003486X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/121018     Document Type: Article

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