GR = SW : Counting curves and connections

Journal of Differential Geometry

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 453-609

  Taubes, Clifford Henry ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0007157697     PISSN: 0022040X     EISSN: 1945743X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4310/jdg/1214425348     Document Type: Article

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