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Title: Four-dimensional analogues of Dehn's lemma: FOUR-DIMENSIONAL ANALOGUES OF DEHN'S LEMMA
Award ID(s):
1506328
PAR ID:
10030492
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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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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