Topology, geometry and gauge fields: Interactions

Applied Mathematical Sciences (Switzerland)

Volumn 141, Issue , 2011, Pages 1-419

  Naber, Gregory L ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84873469646     PISSN: 00665452     EISSN: 2196968X     Source Type: Book Series    
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