The weakly almost periodic compactification of a direct sum of finite groups

Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society

Volumn 124, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 421-449

  Bordbar, B ^a   Pym, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 22444452144     PISSN: 03050041     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0305004198002540     Document Type: Article

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