Curvature and rank of teichmüller space

American Journal of Mathematics

Volumn 128, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-22

  Brock, Jeffrey ^a   Farb, Benson ^b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

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EID: 33644511105     PISSN: 00029327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/ajm.2006.0003     Document Type: Article

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