Generalizing the Petr-Douglas-Neumann theorem on N-gons

American Mathematical Monthly

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 210-227

  Gray, Stephen B ^a  

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EID: 0037339132     PISSN: 00029890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3647935     Document Type: Article

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