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# Problems on automorphism groups of nonpositively curved polyhedral complexes and their lattices

```@article{Farb2008ProblemsOA,
title={Problems on automorphism groups of nonpositively curved polyhedral complexes and their lattices},
author={Benson Farb and G. Christopher Hruska and Anne Thomas},
journal={arXiv: Group Theory},
year={2008}
}```
• Published 17 March 2008
• Mathematics
• arXiv: Group Theory
The goal of this paper is to present a number of problems about automorphism groups of nonpositively curved polyhedral complexes and their lattices, meant to highlight possible directions for future research.

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