Spectral convergence of Quasi-one-dimensional spaces

Annales Henri Poincare

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 933-973

  Post, Olaf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

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EID: 33748090618     PISSN: 14240637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00023-006-0272-x     Document Type: Article

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