The classification of punctured-torus groups

Annals of Mathematics

Volumn 149, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 559-626

  Minsky, Yair N ^a  

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EID: 0033468108     PISSN: 0003486X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/120976     Document Type: Article

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