Planar groups and the Seifert conjecture

Journal fur die Reine und Angewandte Mathematik

Volumn , Issue 576, 2004, Pages 11-62

  Bowditch, Brian H ^a,b  

^a University of Southampton ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 8744231141     PISSN: 00754102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/crll.2004.084     Document Type: Article

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