Extended bloch group and the cheeger-chern-simons class

Geometry and Topology

Volumn 8, Issue , 2004, Pages 413-474

  Neumann, Walter D ^a  

^a Program on US Russia Relations at Columbia s Harriman Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

3 manifold; Cheeger chern simons class; Extended bloch group; Hyperbolic

Indexed keywords

EID: 4243068575     PISSN: 14653060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2140/gt.2004.8.413     Document Type: Article

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