Hyperlinear and sofic groups. A brief guide

Bulletin of Symbolic Logic

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 449-480

  Pestov, Vladimir G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

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DOI: 10.2178/bsl/1231081461     Document Type: Article

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