Groups acting on Cantor sets and the end structure of graphs

Pacific Journal of Mathematics

Volumn 207, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 31-60

  Bowditch, Brian H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0036868491     PISSN: 00308730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2140/pjm.2002.207.31     Document Type: Article

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