Circle-valued morse theory, reidemeister torsion, and seiberg witten invariants of 3-manifolds

Topology

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 861-888

  Hutchings, Michael ^a,b   Lee, Yi Jen ^a,b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0033165255     PISSN: 00409383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-9383(98)00044-5     Document Type: Article

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