Reidemeister-Turaev torsion of 3-dimensional Euler structures with simple boundary tangency and pseudo-Legendrian knots

Manuscripta Mathematica

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 13-61

  Benedetti, Riccardo ^a   Petronio, Carlo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

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EID: 0035538772     PISSN: 00252611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002290100191     Document Type: Article

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