A new symplectic surgery: The 3-fold sum

Topology and its Applications

Volumn 88, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 27-53

  Symington, Margaret ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

3 fold sum; Moment maps; Symplectic 4 manifolds

Indexed keywords

EID: 15944429424     PISSN: 0016660X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0166-8641(97)00197-1     Document Type: Article

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