Higher-dimensional algebra IV: 2-tangles

Advances in Mathematics

Volumn 180, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 705-764

  Baez, John C ^a   Langford, Laurel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN RIVER FALLS   (United States)

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EID: 0348163837     PISSN: 00018708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-8708(03)00018-5     Document Type: Article

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