4-Manifolds with inequivalent symplectic forms and 3-manifolds with inequivalent fibrations

Mathematical Research Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 5-6, 1999, Pages 681-696

  McMullen, Curtis T ^a   Taubes, Clifford H ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0033235851     PISSN: 10732780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4310/mrl.1999.v6.n6.a8     Document Type: Article

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