Applications of contact surgery

Topology

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1193-1220

  Geiges, Hansjörg ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

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EID: 0031280911     PISSN: 00409383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-9383(97)00004-9     Document Type: Article

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