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Gromov, M., Pansu, P. (1991). Rigidity of lattices: An introduction. In: de Bartolomeis, P., Tricerri, F. (eds) Geometric Topology: Recent Developments. Lecture Notes in Mathematics, vol 1504. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0094289

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