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The structure of algebraic threefolds: an introduction to Mori’s program
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  • Journal: Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 17 (1987), 211-273
  • MSC (1985): Primary 14-02, 14E30, 14E35, 32J25, 14J10, 14J15, 14E05, 14J30
  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0273-0979-1987-15548-0
  • MathSciNet review: 903730