Duke Mathematical Journal

Group systems, groupoids, and moduli spaces of parabolic bundles

Article information

Source
Duke Math. J. Volume 89, Number 2 (1997), 377-412.

Dates
First available: 19 February 2004

http://projecteuclid.org/euclid.dmj/1077241022

Mathematical Reviews number (MathSciNet)
MR1460627

Zentralblatt MATH identifier
0885.58011

Digital Object Identifier
doi:10.1215/S0012-7094-97-08917-1

Citation

Guruprasad, K.; Huebschmann, J.; Jeffrey, L.; Weinstein, A. Group systems, groupoids, and moduli spaces of parabolic bundles. Duke Mathematical Journal 89 (1997), no. 2, 377--412. doi:10.1215/S0012-7094-97-08917-1. http://projecteuclid.org/euclid.dmj/1077241022.

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