Metric properties of the group of area preserving diffeomorphisms

Transactions of the American Mathematical Society

Volumn 353, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 4661-4672

  Benaim, Michel ^a   Gambaudo, Jean Marc ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE CERGY PONTOISE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

Author keywords

Area preserving difleomorphisms; Braids; Free groups; Quasi isometry

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646892903     PISSN: 00029947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1090/s0002-9947-01-02808-2     Document Type: Article

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