Boundaries of right-angles Coxeter groups with manifold nerves

Topology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 423-446

  Fischer, Hanspeter ^a  

^a BALL STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aspherical manifold; CAT(0) boundary; Cell like map; Cohomology manifold; Coxeter group; Homogeneity; Tameness; Z compactification

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037332725     PISSN: 00409383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-9383(02)00014-9     Document Type: Article

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