Some groups of type VF

Inventiones Mathematicae

Volumn 151, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 135-165

  Leary, Ian J ^a   Nucinkis, Brita E A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

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EID: 0037216804     PISSN: 00209910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00222-002-0254-7     Document Type: Article

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