Four-dimensional analogues of Dehn's lemma: FOUR-DIMENSIONAL ANALOGUES OF DEHN'S LEMMA
- Award ID(s):
- 1506328
- PAR ID:
- 10030492
- Publisher / Repository:
- DOI PREFIX: 10.1112
- Date Published:
- Journal Name:
- Journal of the London Mathematical Society
- Volume:
- 96
- Issue:
- 1
- ISSN:
- 0024-6107
- Page Range / eLocation ID:
- 111 to 132
- Format(s):
- Medium: X
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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