Quasi-actions on trees I. Bounded valence

Annals of Mathematics

Volumn 158, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 115-164

  Mosher, Lee ^a   Sageev, Michah ^b   Whyte, Kevin ^c  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

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EID: 0141614022     PISSN: 0003486X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4007/annals.2003.158.115     Document Type: Article

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