On the classification of tight contact structures II

Journal of Differential Geometry

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 83-143

  Honda, Ko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Contact structure; Tight

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002855337     PISSN: 0022040X     EISSN: 1945743X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4310/jdg/1090340567     Document Type: Article

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