Systolic freedom of orientable manifolds

Annales Scientifiques de l'Ecole Normale Superieure

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 787-809

  Babenko, Ivan ^a   Katz, Mikhail ^b,c  

^a UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

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EID: 0032210195     PISSN: 00129593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-9593(99)80003-2     Document Type: Article

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