Invariant measures and the set of exceptions to Littlewood's conjecture

Annals of Mathematics

Volumn 164, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 513-560

  Einsiedler, Manfred ^a,b,c,d   Katok, Anatole ^e   Lindenstrauss, Elon ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Clay Mathematics Institute   (United States)

^d OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33746057062     PISSN: 0003486X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4007/annals.2006.164.513     Document Type: Article

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