A proof of a conjecture of mari˜ño-vafa on hodge integrals

Journal of Differential Geometry

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 289-340

  Liu, Chiu Chu Melissa ^a,b,c   Liu, Kefeng ^a,b,c   Zhou, Jian ^a,b,c  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 3042677365     PISSN: 0022040X     EISSN: 1945743X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4310/jdg/1090511689     Document Type: Article

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