## Duke Mathematical Journal

### Explicit construction of self-dual $4$-manifolds

Dominic D. Joyce

#### Article information

Source
Duke Math. J., Volume 77, Number 3 (1995), 519-552.

Dates
First available in Project Euclid: 20 February 2004

https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.dmj/1077286532

Digital Object Identifier
doi:10.1215/S0012-7094-95-07716-3

Mathematical Reviews number (MathSciNet)
MR1324633

Zentralblatt MATH identifier
0855.57028

#### Citation

Joyce, Dominic D. Explicit construction of self-dual $4$ -manifolds. Duke Math. J. 77 (1995), no. 3, 519--552. doi:10.1215/S0012-7094-95-07716-3. https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.dmj/1077286532

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