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Quasipositivity as an obstruction to sliceness

Author(s): Lee Rudolph
Journal: Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 29 (1993), 51-59.
MSC (1991): Primary 57M25; Secondary 32S55, 14H99
MathSciNet review: 1193540
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DOI: 10.1090/S0273-0979-1993-00397-5
PII: S 0273-0979(1993)00397-5