Quasi-isometry invariance of group splittings

Annals of Mathematics

Volumn 161, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 759-830

  Papasoglu, Panos ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

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EID: 23844522658     PISSN: 0003486X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4007/annals.2005.161.759     Document Type: Article

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