Commutator maps, measure preservation, and T-systems

Transactions of the American Mathematical Society

Volumn 361, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 4631-4651

  Garion, Shelly ^a   Shalev, Aner ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

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EID: 72149134266     PISSN: 00029947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1090/S0002-9947-09-04575-9     Document Type: Article

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