Free actions on $\mathbb {R}$-trees
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Abstract:
We characterize the free minimal actions of finitely generated groups on $\mathbb {R}$-trees in terms of certain equivalence relations on compact metric graphs.References
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Additional Information
- © Copyright 1992 American Mathematical Society
- Journal: Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 332 (1992), 313-329
- MSC: Primary 20E08
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9947-1992-1098433-6
- MathSciNet review: 1098433