Geometry of the complex of curves I: Hyperbolicity

Inventiones Mathematicae

Volumn 138, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 103-149

  Masur, Howard A ^a   Minsky, Yair N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0033473346     PISSN: 00209910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002220050343     Document Type: Article

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