On finite subgroups of groups of type VF

Geometry and Topology

Volumn 9, Issue , 2005, Pages 1953-1976

  Leary, Ian J ^a,b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conjugacy classes; Finite subgroups; Groups of type F

Indexed keywords

EID: 26944492165     PISSN: 14653060     EISSN: 13640380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2140/gt.2005.9.1953     Document Type: Article

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