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  1. S. M. Gersten

    Present address: Mathematics Department, University of Utah, 84112, Salt Lake City, UT, USA

  2. H. B. Short

    Present address: Laboratoires de Mathématiques, ENS de Lyon, 46 Allée d'Italie, F-69364, Lyon Cedex 07, France

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Gersten, S.M., Short, H.B. Small cancellation theory and automatic groups. Invent Math 102, 305–334 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01233430

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