Blowup formulae in Donaldson-Witten theory and integrable hierarchies

Advances in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 1-34

  Edelstein, José D ^a,c   Gómez Reino, Marta ^a   Mariño, Marcos ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 79551560610     PISSN: 10950761     EISSN: 10950753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4310/atmp.2000.v4.n3.a1     Document Type: Article

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