Finite groups, spherical 2-categories, and 4-manifold invariants

Advances in Mathematics

Volumn 153, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 353-390

  Mackaay, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

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EID: 0034632264     PISSN: 00018708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/aima.1999.1909     Document Type: Article

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