Lefschetz fibrations and the Hodge bundle

Geometry and Topology

Volumn 3, Issue , 1999, Pages 211-233

  Smith, Ivan ^a  

^a NEW COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Lefschetz fibration; Signature; Stable curves; Symplectic geometry

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000326091     PISSN: 14653060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2140/gt.1999.3.211     Document Type: Article

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