Existence and uniqueness of equivariant triangulations of smooth proper G-manifolds with some applications to equivariant Whitehead torsion

Journal fur die Reine und Angewandte Mathematik

Volumn 524, Issue , 2000, Pages 129-183

  Illman, Sören ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

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EID: 0034397633     PISSN: 00754102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/crll.2000.054     Document Type: Article

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