The Tits alternative for Out(Fn) II: A Kolchin type theorem

Annals of Mathematics

Volumn 161, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-59

  Bestvina, Mladen ^a   Feighn, Mark ^b   Handel, Michael ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

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EID: 23844547663     PISSN: 0003486X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4007/annals.2005.161.1     Document Type: Article

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