The boundary of negatively curved groups

Bestvina, Mladen; Mess, Geoffrey

doi:10.1090/S0894-0347-1991-1096169-1

The boundary of negatively curved groups

Authors: Mladen Bestvina and Geoffrey Mess
Journal: J. Amer. Math. Soc. 4 (1991), 469-481
MSC: Primary 20F32; Secondary 57M40
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0894-0347-1991-1096169-1
MathSciNet review: 1096169
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