Refinements of the morse stratification of the normsquare of the moment map

Progress in Mathematics

Volumn 232, Issue , 2005, Pages 327-362

  Kirwan, Frances ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 33747737037     PISSN: 07431643     EISSN: 2296505X     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/0-8176-4419-9_11     Document Type: Chapter

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