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Polynomial growth in holonomy groups of foliations

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  1. Department of Mathematics, University of North Carolina, 27514, Chapel Hill, NC

    J. F. Plante & W. P. Thurston

  2. Department of Mathematics, Princeton University, 08540, Princeton, NJ

    J. F. Plante & W. P. Thurston

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Plante, J.F., Thurston, W.P. Polynomial growth in holonomy groups of foliations. Commentarii Mathematici Helvetici 51, 567–584 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02568174

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