Handlebody construction of Stein surfaces

Annals of Mathematics

Volumn 148, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 619-693

  Gompf, Robert E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

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EID: 0032281851     PISSN: 0003486X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/121005     Document Type: Article

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