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Vanishing Cycles and Mutation
Paul Seidel
Part of the Progress in Mathematics book series (PM, volume 202)
Using Floer cohomology, we establish a connection between PicardLefschetz theory and the notion of mutation of exceptional collections in homological algebra.
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Seidel P. (2001) Vanishing Cycles and Mutation. In: Casacuberta C., Miró-Roig R.M., Verdera J., Xambó-Descamps S. (eds) European Congress of Mathematics. Progress in Mathematics, vol 202. Birkhäuser, Basel
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