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On the spectrum of the sum of generators of a finitely generated group, II

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  1. Institut de Mathématiques, Université de Genève, 2-4 Rue Du Lièvre, 1211 Genève 24, Switzerland
  2. Department of Mathematics, University of Newcastle, Rankin Drive, Newcastle, New South Wales 2308, Australia
  3. Institut de Mathématiques, Université de Neuchâtel, Chantemerle 20, 2007 Neuchâtel, Switzerland

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Colloquium Mathematicum
1993/65/1
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Pages:
87-102
Main language of publication
English
Received
1992-11-25
Published
1993
Exact and natural sciences