On the zero-in-the-spectrum conjecture

Annals of Mathematics

Volumn 154, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 139-154

  Farber, Michael ^a   Weinberger, Shmuel ^b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

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EID: 0035535645     PISSN: 0003486X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3062113     Document Type: Article

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