Rigidity theorems for actions of product groups and countable borel equivalence relations

Memoirs of the American Mathematical Society

Volumn 177, Issue 833, 2005, Pages

  Hjorth, Greg ^a   Kechris, Alexander S ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Borel equivalence relations; Borel reducibility; Ergodic theory of nonamenable groups; Product group actions; Rigidity

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EID: 24344460404     PISSN: 00659266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1090/memo/0833     Document Type: Article

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