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Media type:
E-Article
Title:
The minimal volume orientable hyperbolic 2-cusped 3-manifolds
Contributor:
Agol, Ian
imprint:
American Mathematical Society (AMS), 2010
Published in:Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1090/s0002-9939-10-10364-5
ISSN:
0002-9939;
1088-6826
Origination:
Footnote:
Description:
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