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$\Lambda$ -trees and their applications

Author(s): John W. Morgan
Journal: Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 26 (1992), 87-112.
MSC (2000): Primary 20E08; Secondary 57M07, 57R30
MathSciNet review: 1100579
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