The geodesic flow of a nonpositively curved graph manifold

Geometric and Functional Analysis

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 479-545

  Croke, C B ^a   Kleiner, B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

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EID: 0035995734     PISSN: 1016443X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00039-002-8255-7     Document Type: Article

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