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Elliptic genera: An introductory overview

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Landweber, P.S. (1988). Elliptic genera: An introductory overview. In: Landweber, P.S. (eds) Elliptic Curves and Modular Forms in Algebraic Topology. Lecture Notes in Mathematics, vol 1326. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0078036

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