Isometric group actions on hilbert spaces: Growth of cocycles

Geometric and Functional Analysis

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 770-792

  De Cornulier, Yves ^a   Tessera, Romain ^b   Valette, Alain ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

a T menability; Amenability; Bernstein functions; Eometric group theory; Growth of cocycles; Haagerup property; Hilbert distances

Indexed keywords

EID: 35148888047     PISSN: 1016443X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00039-007-0604-0     Document Type: Article

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