Algebraic & Geometric Topology Volume 25, issue 3 (2025)

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Band diagrams of immersed surfaces in $4$-manifolds

Mark Hughes, Seungwon Kim and Maggie Miller

Algebraic & Geometric Topology 25 (2025) 1731–1791

DOI: 10.2140/agt.2025.25.1731

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