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To my father, Francis H. Pinkham

Partially supported by N.S.F. grant MC5-8005802 at Columbia University, USA

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Pinkham, H.C. A Castelnuovo bound for smooth surfaces. Invent Math 83, 321–332 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01388966

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