Algebraic surfaces and 4-manifolds: Some conjectures and speculations

Friedman, Robert; Morgan, John W.

doi:10.1090/S0273-0979-1988-15576-0

Algebraic surfaces and 4-manifolds: Some conjectures and speculations
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