Knots, links, and 4-manifolds

Inventiones Mathematicae

Volumn 134, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 363-400

  Fintushel, Ronald ^a   Stern, Ronald J ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0032353343     PISSN: 00209910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002220050268     Document Type: Article

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