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The topology of Stein fillable manifolds in high dimensions, II

Jonathan Bowden, Diarmuid Crowley and András I Stipsicz

Appendix: Bernd C Kellner

Geometry & Topology 19 (2015) 2995–3030

DOI: 10.2140/gt.2015.19.2995

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