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Infinite groups with fixed point properties

Goulnara Arzhantseva, Martin R Bridson, Tadeusz Januszkiewicz, Ian J Leary, Ashot Minasyan and Jacek Światkowski

Geometry & Topology 13 (2009) 1229–1263

DOI: 10.2140/gt.2009.13.1229

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