Hyper-Kähler geometry and invariants of three-manifolds

Selecta Mathematica, New Series

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 401-458

  Rozansky, L ^a   Witten, E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY   (United States)

Author keywords

Casson's invariant; Topological sigma models

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001643399     PISSN: 10221824     EISSN: 14209020     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s000290050016     Document Type: Article

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