Simple groups of automorphisms of trees determined by their actions on finite subtrees

Journal of Group Theory

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 235-261

  Banks, Christopher ^a   Elder, Murray ^a   Willis, George A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

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EID: 84937945351     PISSN: 14335883     EISSN: 14354446     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/jgth-2014-0041     Document Type: Article

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