Lagrangian two-spheres can be symplectically knotted

Journal of Differential Geometry

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 145-171

  Seidel, Paul ^a  

^a ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

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EID: 0040631198     PISSN: 0022040X     EISSN: 1945743X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4310/jdg/1214425219     Document Type: Article

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