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Roots, relations and centralizers in three-manifold groups

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    William Jaco

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Jaco, W. (1975). Roots, relations and centralizers in three-manifold groups. In: Glaser, L.C., Rushing, T.B. (eds) Geometric Topology. Lecture Notes in Mathematics, vol 438. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0066124

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