A combinatorial description of knotted surfaces and their isotopies

Advances in Mathematics

Volumn 127, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-51

  Carter, J Scott ^a   Rieger, Joachim H ^b   Saito, Masahico ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

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EID: 0031569703     PISSN: 00018708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/aima.1997.1618     Document Type: Article

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