Gromov hyperbolicity through decomposition of metric spaces

Acta Mathematica Hungarica

Volumn 103, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 107-138

  Rodriguez J M ^a,b   Touris E ^a,b  

^a Universidad Carlos III de Madrid ^*

^b UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Decomposition; Gromov hyperbolicity; Hyperbolic Riemann surfaces

Indexed keywords

EID: 4644272280     PISSN: 02365294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:AMHU.0000028240.16521.9d     Document Type: Article

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