Defining amalgams of compact lie groups

Journal of Lie Theory

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-18

  Gramlich, Ralf ^a  

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amalgam method; Compact Lie groups; Phan type theorems; Tits buildings

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EID: 31544452277     PISSN: 09495932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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