Prepotential, mirror map and F-theory on K3

Advances in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1105-1138

  Lerche, W ^a   Stieberger, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CERN   (Switzerland)

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EID: 0001356497     PISSN: 10950761     EISSN: 10950753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4310/atmp.1998.v2.n5.a6     Document Type: Article

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