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The total surgery obstruction

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Algebraic Topology Aarhus 1978

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    Andrew Ranicki

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Ranicki, A. (1979). The total surgery obstruction. In: Dupont, J.L., Madsen, I.H. (eds) Algebraic Topology Aarhus 1978. Lecture Notes in Mathematics, vol 763. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0088091

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