The symplectic geometry of polygons in the 3-sphere

Canadian Journal of Mathematics

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 30-54

  Treloar, Thomas ^a  

^a The University of Arizona   (United States)

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EID: 0036005288     PISSN: 0008414X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4153/CJM-2002-002-1     Document Type: Article

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