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Amenable actions of discrete groups

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 September 2008

G. A. Elliott and
T. Giordano
G. A. Elliott
Affiliation:
Mathematics Institute, Universitetsparken 5, 2100 Copenhagen ø, Denmark and Department of Mathematics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada M5S 1A1
T. Giordano
Affiliation:
Section de Mathématiques, Université de Genève, CH-1211 Genève 24, Switzerland
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Abstract

A structure theorem is established for amenable actions of a countable discrete group.

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Ergodic Theory and Dynamical Systems , Volume 13 , Issue 2 , June 1993, pp. 289 - 318
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1993

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