On the topology of vacuum spacetimes

Annales Henri Poincare

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 369-383

  Isenberg, James ^a   Mazzeo, Rafe ^b   Pollack, Daniel ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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EID: 0038456133     PISSN: 14240637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00023-003-0133-9     Document Type: Article

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