Gromov-Witten theory, Hurwitz theory, and completed cycles

Annals of Mathematics

Volumn 163, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 517-560

  Okounkov, A ^a   Pandharipande, R ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33746039747     PISSN: 0003486X     EISSN: 0003486X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4007/annals.2006.163.517     Document Type: Article

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