Free actions of surface groups on \({\mathbb{R}}\)-trees

DOI10.1016/0040-9383(91)90002-LzbMath0726.57001OpenAlexW2042355852WikidataQ56539520 ScholiaQ56539520MaRDI QIDQ804010

John W. Morgan, Peter B. Shalen

Publication date: 1991

Published in: Topology (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/0040-9383(91)90002-l

zbMATH Keywords

fundamental groupuniversal covermeasured lamination\({\mathbb{R}}\)-treeshyperbolic surface group

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Topological methods in group theory (57M07) Fuchsian groups and their generalizations (group-theoretic aspects) (20H10) Topological transformation groups (57S99)

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