On certain global conformal invariants and 3-surface twistors of initial data sets

Classical and Quantum Gravity

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 793-811

  Szabados, László B ^a  

^a WIGNER RESEARCH CENTRE FOR PHYSICS   (Hungary)

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EID: 0034338109     PISSN: 02649381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0264-9381/17/4/305     Document Type: Article

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