Combed 3-manifolds with concave boundary, framed links, and pseudo-legendrian links

Journal of Knot Theory and its Ramifications

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 1-35

  Benedetti, Riccardo ^a   Petronio, Carlo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

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EID: 0035593175     PISSN: 02182165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218216501000706     Document Type: Article

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