Proper actions of lattices on contractible manifolds

Inventiones Mathematicae

Volumn 150, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 237-256

  Bestvina, Mladen ^a   Feighn, Mark ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0035981371     PISSN: 00209910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00222-002-0239-6     Document Type: Article

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