Isometry groups of non-positively curved spaces: discrete subgroups

Journal of Topology

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 701-746

  Caprace, Pierre Emmanuel ^a   Monod, Nicolas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

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EID: 85167505827     PISSN: 17538416     EISSN: 17538424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1112/jtopol/jtp027     Document Type: Article

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