A counterexample to the (unstable) Gromov-Lawson-Rosenberg conjecture

Topology

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1165-1168

  Schick, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

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EID: 0009293468     PISSN: 00409383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-9383(97)00082-7     Document Type: Article

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