The Tits alternative for Out(Fn) I: Dynamics of exponentially-growing automorphisms

Annals of Mathematics

Volumn 151, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 517-623

  Bestvina, Mladen ^a   Feighn, Mark ^b   Handel, Michael ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE

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EID: 0034422312     PISSN: 0003486X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/121043     Document Type: Article

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