Analogues of Cayley graphs for topological groups

Mathematische Zeitschrift

Volumn 258, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 637-675

  Krön, Bernhard ^a,b   Möller, Rögnvaldur G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

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EID: 39049121389     PISSN: 00255874     EISSN: 14321823     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00209-007-0190-8     Document Type: Article

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