Mirror Symmetry on Kummer Type K3 Surfaces

Communications in Mathematical Physics

Volumn 243, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 557-582

  Nahm, Werner ^a   Wendland, Katrin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

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EID: 0346308589     PISSN: 00103616     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00220-003-0985-3     Document Type: Article

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