Rigidity of spherical buildings and joins

Geometric and Functional Analysis

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 720-752

  Lytchak, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

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EID: 24944568264     PISSN: 1016443X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00039-005-0519-6     Document Type: Article

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