Quasi-homomorphisms and stable lengths in mapping class groups

Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society

Volumn 132, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 3167-3175

  Kotschick, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

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EID: 7444260905     PISSN: 00029939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1090/S0002-9939-04-07508-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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