Algebraic & Geometric Topology Volume 9, issue 4 (2009)

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Symplectic surgeries and normal surface singularities

David T Gay and András I Stipsicz

Algebraic & Geometric Topology 9 (2009) 2203–2223

DOI: 10.2140/agt.2009.9.2203

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