Gromov hyperbolic spaces and the sharp isoperimetric constant

Inventiones Mathematicae

Volumn 171, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 227-255

  Wenger, Stefan ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 36849037449     PISSN: 00209910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00222-007-0084-8     Document Type: Article

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