Dimers and amoebae

Annals of Mathematics

Volumn 163, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 1019-1056

  Kenyon, Richard ^a   Okounkov, Andrei ^b   Sheffield, Scott ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33748693121     PISSN: 0003486X     EISSN: 0003486X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4007/annals.2006.163.1019     Document Type: Article

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