A Legendrian surgery presentation of contact 3-manifolds

Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society

Volumn 136, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 583-598

  Ding, Fan ^a   Geiges, Hansjörg ^b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

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EID: 2542597669     PISSN: 03050041     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0305004103007412     Document Type: Conference Paper

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