Factor and normal subgroup theorems for lattices in products of groups

Inventiones Mathematicae

Volumn 163, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 415-454

  Bader, Uri ^a   Shalom, Yehuda ^b  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

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EID: 30444451793     PISSN: 00209910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00222-005-0469-5     Document Type: Article

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