Nonconventional ergodic averages and nilmanifolds

Annals of Mathematics

Volumn 161, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 397-488

  Host, Bernard ^a   Kra, Bryna ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ GUSTAVE EIFFEL   (France)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 23444458042     PISSN: 0003486X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4007/annals.2005.161.397     Document Type: Article

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