Ricci flow with surgery on four-manifolds with positive isotropic curvature

Journal of Differential Geometry

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 177-264

  Chen, Bing Long ^a   Zhu, Xi Ping ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 33750156166     PISSN: 0022040X     EISSN: 1945743X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4310/jdg/1175266204     Document Type: Article

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