Gluing theorems for complete anti-self-dual spaces

Geometric and Functional Analysis

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1229-1281

  Kovalev, Alexie ^a   Singer, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0035564807     PISSN: 1016443X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00039-001-8230-8     Document Type: Article

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