Decompositions of simplicial balls and spheres with knots consisting of few edges

Mathematische Zeitschrift

Volumn 235, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 159-171

  Hachimori, Masahiro ^a   Ziegler, Günter M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

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EID: 0034397018     PISSN: 00255874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002090000129     Document Type: Article

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