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A symplectic geometry approach to generalized Casson's invariants of 3-manifolds

Author(s): Sylvain E. Cappell; Ronnie Lee; Edward Y. Miller
Journal: Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 22 (1990), 269-275.
MSC (1985): Primary 20C99; Secondary 57M99
MathSciNet review: 1016041
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