Hyperbolic groups and their quotients of bounded exponents

Transactions of the American Mathematical Society

Volumn 348, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 2091-2138

  Ivanov, S V ^a   Ol'shanskii, A Yu ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

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EID: 21344449486     PISSN: 00029947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1090/S0002-9947-96-01510-3     Document Type: Article

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