Elliptic surfaces and some simple exotic R4’S

Journal of Differential Geometry

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 458-504

  Bižaca, Žarko ^a   Gompf, Robert E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

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EID: 0040881233     PISSN: 0022040X     EISSN: 1945743X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4310/jdg/1214458322     Document Type: Article

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