Selfdual Einstein Hermitian four-manifolds

Annali della Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa - Classe di Scienze

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 203-243

  Apostolov, Vestislav ^a   Gauduchon, Paul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b CENTRE DE MATHÉMATIQUES LAURENT SCHWARTZ   (France)

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