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Paradoxical decompositions, $ 2$-generator Kleinian groups, and volumes of hyperbolic $ 3$-manifolds

Author(s): Marc Culler; Peter B. Shalen
Journal: J. Amer. Math. Soc. 5 (1992), 231-288.
MSC: Primary 57M50; Secondary 30F40
MathSciNet review: 1135928
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DOI: 10.1090/S0894-0347-1992-1135928-4
PII: S0894-0347-1992-1135928-4
Copyright of article: Copyright 1992, American Mathematical Society




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