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On the Euler number of an orbifold

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    Friedrich Hirzebruch & Thomas Höfer

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Dedicated to Hans Grauert on his sixtieth birthday

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Hirzebruch, F., Höfer, T. On the Euler number of an orbifold. Math. Ann. 286, 255–260 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01453575

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