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Algebraic surfaces and 4-manifolds: Some conjectures and speculations

Author(s): Robert Friedman; John W. Morgan
Journal: Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 18 (1988), 1-19.
MSC (1985): Primary 57R55, 14J15
MathSciNet review: 919651
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DOI: 10.1090/S0273-0979-1988-15576-0
PII: S 0273-0979(1988)15576-0


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