Extending partial automorphisms and the profinite topology on free groups

Transactions of the American Mathematical Society

Volumn 352, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1985-2021

  Herwig, Bernhard ^a,b   Lascar, Daniel ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

Extension problem; Finite structures; Partial isomorphisms; Profinite topology

Indexed keywords

EID: 23044518051     PISSN: 00029947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1090/s0002-9947-99-02374-0     Document Type: Article

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