Geometric groups and Whitehead torsion

Connell, E. H.; Hollingsworth, John

doi:10.1090/S0002-9947-1969-0242151-8

Geometric groups and Whitehead torsion
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by E. H. Connell and John Hollingsworth

Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 140 (1969), 161-181

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9947-1969-0242151-8

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