Rigidity of quasi-isometries for symmetric spaces and Euclidean buildings

Bruce Kleiner; Bernhard Leeb

Publications Mathématiques de l'IHÉS (1997)

  • Volume: 86, page 115-197
  • ISSN: 0073-8301

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Kleiner, Bruce, and Leeb, Bernhard. "Rigidity of quasi-isometries for symmetric spaces and Euclidean buildings." Publications Mathématiques de l'IHÉS 86 (1997): 115-197. <http://eudml.org/doc/104123>.

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