Connectivity properties of group actions on non-positively curved spaces

Memoirs of the American Mathematical Society

Volumn , Issue 765, 2003, Pages

  Bieri, Robert ^a   Geoghegan, Ross ^a  

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Author keywords

Bieri Neumann Strebel invariant; CAT(0) space; Controlled topology; Finiteness properties; Isometric action; Non positively curved

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EID: 85088340482     PISSN: 00659266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1090/memo/0765     Document Type: Article

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