Rational blowdowns of smooth 4-manifolds

Journal of Differential Geometry

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 181-235

  Fintushel, Ronald ^a,b   Stern, Ronald J ^a,b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0001316810     PISSN: 0022040X     EISSN: 1945743X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4310/jdg/1214459932     Document Type: Article

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