Four-manifolds without Einstein metrics

Mathematical Research Letters

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 133-147

  Lebrun, Claude ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0030306212     PISSN: 10732780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4310/MRL.1996.v3.n2.a1     Document Type: Article

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