The Burns-Epstein invariant and deformation of CR structures
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The Burns-Epstein invariant and deformation of CR structures

Jih-Hsin Cheng and John M. Lee

Source: Duke Math. J. Volume 60, Number 1 (1990), 221-254.

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Primary Subjects: 32F40
Secondary Subjects: 32G07, 58E11

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