Exotic 4-manifolds with b+2 = 1

Mathematical Research Letters

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 731-741

  Szabó, Zoltán ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0030300390     PISSN: 10732780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4310/MRL.1996.v3.n6.a2     Document Type: Article

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