Reducibility and Gribov problem in topological quantum field theory

Communications in Mathematical Physics

Volumn 185, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 723-751

  Zucchini, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

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EID: 0031564678     PISSN: 00103616     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002200050108     Document Type: Article

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