The kazhdan property of the mapping class group of closed surfaces and the first cohomology group of its cofinite subgroups

Experimental Mathematics

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 261-274

  Taherkhani, Feraydoun ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0034348605     PISSN: 10586458     EISSN: 1944950X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10586458.2000.10504651     Document Type: Article

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