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The topological centre of a compactification of a locally compact group

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  1. Department of Mathematics, University of Alberta, T6G 2G1, Edmonton, Canada

    Anthony To-Ming Lau

  2. School of Mathematics & Statistics, The University, S3 7RH, Sheffield, England

    John Pym

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This research was supported in part by NSERC grant A7679 and SERC grant GR/H31172

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Lau, A.TM., Pym, J. The topological centre of a compactification of a locally compact group. Math Z 219, 567–579 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02572381

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