From deep holes to free planes

Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 533-555

  Zong, Chuanming ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 0036790310     PISSN: 02730979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1090/S0273-0979-02-00950-3     Document Type: Article

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