Boundaries of <span class='italic'>Z<span class='sup'>n</span></span>-Free Groups

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13 - Boundaries of Zn-Free Groups

Published online by Cambridge University Press: 20 July 2017

Andrei Malyutin ,

Tatiana Nagnibeda and

Denis Serbin

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Tullio Ceccherini-Silberstein ,

Maura Salvatori and

Ecaterina Sava-Huss

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Andrei Malyutin: Affiliation:
St. Petersburg Department of V.A. Steklov Mathematical Institute, Fontanka 27, 191023, St. Petersburg, Russia
Tatiana Nagnibeda: Affiliation:
Section de Mathématiques, University of Geneva, 2-4 Rue du Lièvre, Case Postale 64, 1211 Genève 4, Suisse
Denis Serbin: Affiliation:
Department of Mathematical Sciences, Stevens Institute of Technology, 1 Castle Point on Hudson, Hoboken, NJ 07030, USA
Tullio Ceccherini-Silberstein: Affiliation:
Università degli Studi del Sannio, Italy
Maura Salvatori: Affiliation:
Università degli Studi di Milano
Ecaterina Sava-Huss: Affiliation:
Cornell University, New York

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Information: Groups, Graphs and Random Walks , pp. 355 - 390

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