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Pseudoholomorphic curves in symplectizations with applications to the Weinstein conjecture in dimension three

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Hofer, H. Pseudoholomorphic curves in symplectizations with applications to the Weinstein conjecture in dimension three. Invent Math 114, 515–563 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01232679

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