An application of algebraic topology: Kron’s method of tearing

Roth, J. Paul

doi:10.1090/qam/104337

Author: J. Paul Roth
Journal: Quart. Appl. Math. 17 (1959), 1-24
MSC: Primary 65.00
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/qam/104337
MathSciNet review: 104337
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