Classification of Weil-Petersson isometries

American Journal of Mathematics

Volumn 125, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 941-975

  Daskalopoulos, Georgios ^a   Wentworth, Richard ^b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0041573456     PISSN: 00029327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/ajm.2003.0023     Document Type: Article

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