Comment on 'cyclic rotations, contractibility and Gauss-Bonnet'

Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and General

Volumn 35, Issue 29, 2002, Pages 6183-6190

  Starostin, E L ^a,b  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b KELDYSH INSTITUTE OF APPLIED MATHEMATICS   (Russian Federation)

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EID: 0037178673     PISSN: 03054470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0305-4470/35/29/401     Document Type: Review

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