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6 - 13/2 ways of counting curves

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 April 2014

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R. Pandharipande  and
R. P. Thomas
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Leticia Brambila-Paz ,
Peter Newstead ,
Richard P. Thomas  and
Oscar García-Prada
R. Pandharipande
Affiliation:
Switzerland
R. P. Thomas
Affiliation:
Imperial College London
Leticia Brambila-Paz
Affiliation:
Centro de Investigación en Matemáticas A.C. (CIMAT), Mexico
Peter Newstead
Affiliation:
University of Liverpool
Richard P. Thomas
Affiliation:
Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, London
Oscar García-Prada
Affiliation:
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas, Madrid
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Moduli Spaces , pp. 282 - 333
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