Lefschetz pencils and divisors in moduli space

Geometry and Topology

Volumn 5, Issue , 2001, Pages 579-608

  Smith, Ivan ^a  

^a NEW COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Lefschetz fibration; Lefschetz pencil; Moduli space of curves; Symplectic four manifold

Indexed keywords

EID: 0003216372     PISSN: 14653060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2140/gt.2001.5.579     Document Type: Article

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