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Rescuing the whitehead method for free products, I: Peak reduction

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  1. Department of Pure Mathematics, Queen Mary College, University of London, Mile End Road, E1 4NS, London, England

    Donald J. Collins

  2. Institut für Mathematik, Ruhr-Universität, Universitätsstraße 150, D-4630, Bochum 1, Germany

    Heiner Zieschang

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Collins, D.J., Zieschang, H. Rescuing the whitehead method for free products, I: Peak reduction. Math Z 185, 487–504 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01236258

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