Group representations and the euler characteristic of elliptically fibered Calabi-Yau threefolds

Journal of Algebraic Geometry

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 321-356

  Grassi, Antonella ^a   Morrison, David R ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0037376510     PISSN: 10563911     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1090/S1056-3911-02-00337-5     Document Type: Article

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