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On free actions on Λ-trees
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 24 October 2008
Abstract
In this paper we show that if a group generated by two elements acts freely and without phantom inversions on a Λ-tree, then it is either free or free abelian.
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- Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society , Volume 113 , Issue 3 , May 1993 , pp. 535 - 542
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