On a family of topological invariants similar to homotopy groups

Rendiconti dell'Istituto di Matematica dell'Universita di Trieste

Volumn 30, Issue , 1998, Pages 81-90

  Caetano, A P ^a   Picken, R F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

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