Topology of Sobolev mappings

Mathematical Research Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 321-330

  Hang, Fengbo ^a   Lin, Fanghua ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0035535889     PISSN: 10732780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4310/MRL.2001.v8.n3.a8     Document Type: Article

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