Local Lagrangian 2-knots are trivial

Annals of Mathematics

Volumn 144, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 61-76

  Eliashberg, Y ^a   Polterovich, L ^a  

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EID: 0030522763     PISSN: 0003486X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2118583     Document Type: Article

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