Non-simply-connected gauge groups and rational points on elliptic curves

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 1998, Issue 7, 1998, Pages

  Aspinwall, Paul S ^a   Morrison, David R ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Differential and Algebraic Geometry; F Theory; String Duality

Indexed keywords

EID: 6944252781     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/1998/07/012     Document Type: Article

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