SW = Milnor torsion

Mathematical Research Letters

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 661-674

  Meng, Guowu ^a   Taubes, Clifford Henry ^b  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0030300560     PISSN: 10732780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4310/mrl.1996.v3.n5.a8     Document Type: Article

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