Shortening complete plane curves

Journal of Differential Geometry

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 471-504

  Chou, Kai Seng ^a   Zhu, Xi Ping ^b  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 0038979607     PISSN: 0022040X     EISSN: 1945743X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4310/jdg/1214424967     Document Type: Article

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