Geodesic laminations with closed ends on surfaces and Morse index; Kupka-Smale metrics

Commentarii Mathematici Helvetici

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 495-522

  Colding, Tobias H ^a   Kingston, Nancy ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b The College of New Jersey   (United States)

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EID: 33750889866     PISSN: 00102571     EISSN: 14208946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4171/CMH/61     Document Type: Article

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