Intersecting hypersurfaces in dimensionally continued topological density gravitation

Journal of Mathematical Physics

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 4223-4238

  Gravanis, Elias ^a   Willison, Steven ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 22544449567     PISSN: 00222488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1794841     Document Type: Article

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