Miyanishi's characterization of the affine 3-space does not hold in higher dimensions
Kaliman, Shulim ; Zaidenberg, Mikhail
Annales de l'Institut Fourier, Tome 50 (2000), p. 1649-1669 / Harvested from Numdam
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Nous présentons un exemple qui confirme l’assertion du titre.

We present an example which confirms the assertion of the title.

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Kaliman, Shulim; Zaidenberg, Mikhail. Miyanishi's characterization of the affine 3-space does not hold in higher dimensions. Annales de l'Institut Fourier, Tome 50 (2000) pp. 1649-1669. doi : 10.5802/aif.1803. http://gdmltest.u-ga.fr/item/AIF_2000__50_6_1649_0/

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