On the holomorphicity of genus two Lefschetz fibrations

Annals of Mathematics

Volumn 161, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 959-1020

  Siebert, Bernd ^a   Tian, Gang ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 22544433062     PISSN: 0003486X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4007/annals.2005.161.959     Document Type: Article

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