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Growth functions on Fuchsian groups and the Euler characteristic

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  1. Department of Mathematics, University of Michigan, 48109, Ann Arbor, MI, USA

    William J. Floyd

  2. Department of Mathematics, VPI & SU, 24061, Blacksburg, VA, USA

    William J. Floyd

  3. Department of Mathematics, Columbia University, 10027, New York, NY, USA

    Steven P. Plotnick

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Floyd, W.J., Plotnick, S.P. Growth functions on Fuchsian groups and the Euler characteristic. Invent Math 88, 1–29 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01405088

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