Quasi-isometric rigidity for the solvable Baumslag-Solitar groups, II

Inventiones Mathematicae

Volumn 137, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 613-649

  Farb, Benson ^a   Mosher, Lee ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0040143463     PISSN: 00209910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002220050337     Document Type: Article

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