Hilbert modules and modules over finite von Neumann algebras and applications to L2-invariants

Mathematische Annalen

Volumn 309, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 247-285

  Lück, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

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EID: 0039860681     PISSN: 00255831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002080050112     Document Type: Article

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