The algebraic entropy of the special linear character automorphisms of a free group on two generators

Transactions of the American Mathematical Society

Volumn 359, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1445-1470

  Brown, Richard J ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 67650937821     PISSN: 00029947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1090/S0002-9947-06-04117-1     Document Type: Article

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