Branched spines and contact structures on 3-manifolds (*)

Annali di Matematica Pura ed Applicata

Volumn 178, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 81-102

  Benedetti, Riccardo ^a   Petronio, Carlo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

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EID: 33644501732     PISSN: 03733114     EISSN: 16181891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02505889     Document Type: Article

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