Spherical 2-categories and 4-manifold invariants

Advances in Mathematics

Volumn 143, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 288-348

  Mackaay, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

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EID: 0033541882     PISSN: 00018708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/aima.1998.1798     Document Type: Article

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