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  1. Department of Pure Mathematics, Queen Mary College, University of London), Mile End Road, E1, 4NS, London, UK

    Ian M. Chiswell & Donald J. Collins

  2. Mathematisches Institut der Universität, Im Neuenheimer Feld 288, D-6900, Heidelberg, Federal Republic of Germany

    Johannes Huebschmann

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Chiswell, I.M., Collins, D.J. & Huebschmann, J. Aspherical group presentations. Math Z 178, 1–36 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01218369

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