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Elliptic methods in symplectic geometry

Author(s): Dusa McDuff
Journal: Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 23 (1990), 311-358.
MSC (1985): Primary 53C15, 58E05, 58F05
MathSciNet review: 1039425
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DOI: 10.1090/S0273-0979-1990-15928-2
PII: S 0273-0979(1990)15928-2


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