Local mirror symmetry: Calculations and interpretations

Advances in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 1-60

  Chiang, T M ^a   Klemm, A ^b   Yau, S T ^a   Zaslow, E ^c  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 79551477569     PISSN: 10950761     EISSN: 10950753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4310/atmp.1999.v3.n3.a3     Document Type: Article

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