A topological analogue of Mostow’s rigidity theorem

Farrell, F. T.; Jones, L. E.

doi:10.1090/S0894-0347-1989-0973309-4

A topological analogue of Mostow’s rigidity theorem
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by F. T. Farrell and L. E. Jones

J. Amer. Math. Soc. 2 (1989), 257-370

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0894-0347-1989-0973309-4

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