Whitehead torsion

DOI10.1090/S0002-9904-1966-11484-2zbMath0147.23104OpenAlexW4213378996WikidataQ29031397 ScholiaQ29031397MaRDI QIDQ5525233

John W. Milnor

Publication date: 1966

Published in: Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1090/s0002-9904-1966-11484-2

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