Heegaard splittings, the virtually Haken conjecture and Property (τ)

Inventiones Mathematicae

Volumn 164, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 317-359

  Lackenby, Marc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 33645508714     PISSN: 00209910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00222-005-0480-x     Document Type: Article

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