Characteristic classes for the degenerations of two-plane fields in four dimensions

Pacific Journal of Mathematics

Volumn 179, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 355-370

  Kazarian, Maxim ^a   Montgomery, Richard ^b   Shapiro, Boris ^c  

^a STEKLOV MATHEMATICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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EID: 0007886419     PISSN: 00308730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2140/pjm.1997.179.355     Document Type: Article

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