## Duke Mathematical Journal

### Smooth group actions on definite $4$-manifolds and moduli spaces

#### Article information

Source
Duke Math. J., Volume 78, Number 3 (1995), 715-732.

Dates
First available in Project Euclid: 20 February 2004

https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.dmj/1077285948

Digital Object Identifier
doi:10.1215/S0012-7094-95-07826-0

Mathematical Reviews number (MathSciNet)
MR1334207

Zentralblatt MATH identifier
0849.57033

Subjects
Primary: 57S17: Finite transformation groups
Secondary: 57S25: Groups acting on specific manifolds

#### Citation

Hambleton, Ian; Lee, Ronnie. Smooth group actions on definite $4$ -manifolds and moduli spaces. Duke Math. J. 78 (1995), no. 3, 715--732. doi:10.1215/S0012-7094-95-07826-0. https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.dmj/1077285948

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