State-Sum Invariants of 4-Manifolds

Journal of Knot Theory and its Ramifications

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 177-234

  Crane, Louis ^a   Kauffman, Louis H ^b   Yetter, David N ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

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EID: 0031501254     PISSN: 02182165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218216597000145     Document Type: Article

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