Asphericity of moduli spaces via curvature

Journal of Differential Geometry

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 441-451

  Allcock, Daniel ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alexandrov space; Branched cover; Cubic surface; Enriques surface; Ramified cover

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034215421     PISSN: 0022040X     EISSN: 1945743X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4310/jdg/1090341260     Document Type: Article

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