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Author(s): H. Wu
Journal: Bull. Amer. Math. Soc.
MSC (2000): Primary 53-02, 53-03, 01A60
Posted: July 1, 2008
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H. Wu
Affiliation: Department of Mathematics, \#3840, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720-3840
Email: wu@math.berkeley.edu

DOI: 10.1090/S0273-0979-08-01219-6
PII: S 0273-0979(08)01219-6
Received by editor(s): March 15, 2006,
Received by editor(s) in revised form: March 22, 2008
Posted: July 1, 2008
Copyright of article: Copyright 2008, American Mathematical Society
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