The congruence subgroup problem for branch groups

Israel Journal of Mathematics

Volumn 187, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 419-450

  Bartholdi, Laurent ^a   Siegenthaler, Olivier ^a   Zalesskii, Pavel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

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EID: 84857687955     PISSN: 00212172     EISSN: 15658511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11856-011-0086-5     Document Type: Article

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