Existence of positive harmonic functions on groups and on covering manifolds
Bougerol, Philippe ; Elie, Laure
Annales de l'I.H.P. Probabilités et statistiques, Tome 31 (1995), p. 59-80 / Harvested from Numdam
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Bougerol, Philippe; Elie, Laure. Existence of positive harmonic functions on groups and on covering manifolds. Annales de l'I.H.P. Probabilités et statistiques, Tome 31 (1995) pp. 59-80. http://gdmltest.u-ga.fr/item/AIHPB_1995__31_1_59_0/

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