Limit groups and groups acting freely on ℝn-trees

Geometry and Topology

Volumn 8, Issue , 2004, Pages 1427-1470

  Guirardel, Vincent ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE MATHÉMATIQUES DE TOULOUSE   (France)

Author keywords

n tree; Finite presentation; Limit group

Indexed keywords

EID: 11344250311     PISSN: 14653060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2140/gt.2004.8.1427     Document Type: Article

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