A new application of random matrices: Ext(Cred*(F 2)) is not a group

Annals of Mathematics

Volumn 162, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 711-775

  Haagerup, Uffe ^a   Thorbjørnsen, Steen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

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EID: 30444453807     PISSN: 0003486X     EISSN: 0003486X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4007/annals.2005.162.711     Document Type: Article

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