Four-dimensional Fano toric complete intersections.
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SUBMITTER: Coates T
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4353041 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Mar
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Four-dimensional Fano toric complete intersections.
Coates T T Kasprzyk A A Prince T T
Proceedings. Mathematical, physical, and engineering sciences 20150301 2175
We find at least 527 new four-dimensional Fano manifolds, each of which is a complete intersection in a smooth toric Fano manifold. ...[more]
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