Weyl curvature, Einstein metrics, and Seiberg-Witten theory

Mathematical Research Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 423-438

  Lebrun, Claude ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0032219335     PISSN: 10732780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4310/MRL.1998.v5.n4.a1     Document Type: Article

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