Finiteness and CAT(0) properties of diagram groups

Topology

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1065-1082

  Farley, Daniel S ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

CAT(0) space; Cubical complex; Diagram groups; Thompson's group; Type F

Indexed keywords

EID: 0043032975     PISSN: 00409383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-9383(02)00029-0     Document Type: Article

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