The tits alternative for CAT(0) cubical complexes

Bulletin of the London Mathematical Society

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 706-710

  Sageev, Michah ^a   Wise, Daniel T ^b  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 26444586764     PISSN: 00246093     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1112/S002460930500456X     Document Type: Article

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