Taut normal surfaces

Topology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 55-75

  Tollefson, Jeffrey L ^a   Wang, Ningyi ^a  

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EID: 0029688188     PISSN: 00409383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0040-9383(95)00008-9     Document Type: Article

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