Three-manifold topology and the Donaldson-Witten partition function

Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 547, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 569-598

  Mariño, Marcos ^a   Moore, Gregory ^a  

^a Yale University   (United States)

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EID: 0033577646     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0550-3213(99)00105-4     Document Type: Article

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