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The Nielsen Realization ProblemAuthor(s): Steven P. KerckhoffSource: The Annals of Mathematics, Second Series, Vol. 117, No. 2 (Mar., 1983), pp. 235-265Published by: Annals of MathematicsStable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/2007076Accessed: 30/10/2009 20:07

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Issue Table of ContentsThe Annals of Mathematics, Second Series, Vol. 117, No. 2 (Mar., 1983), pp. 207-454On the Symplectic Geometry of Deformations of a Hyperbolic Surface [pp.207-234]The Nielsen Realization Problem [pp.235-265]Harmonic Analysis on Semigroups [pp.267-283]C is not Algebraically Equivalent to C in its Jacobian [pp.285-291]Groups Generated by reflections and aspherical manifolds not covered by Euclidean space [pp.293-324]On the Method of Thue-Siegel: Dedicated to the Memory of Carl Ludwig Siegel [pp.325-382]The Uniqueness Case for Finite Groups [pp.383-454]