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Author(s):
Charles Nash
Title:
Differential topology and quantum field theory
Additional book information:
Academic Press, New York, 1991, 386 pp., US$59.95. ISBN 0-12-514075-4.
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Additional Information:
Reviewer(s):
Daniel S.
Freed
Review Information:
Journal:
Bull. Amer. Math. Soc.
28
(1993),
153-157.
DOI:
10.1090/S0273-0979-1993-00340-9
PII:
S 0273-0979(1993)00340-9
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