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Anglè, P. (2008). Pseudounitary Conformal Spin Structures. In: Anglès, P. (eds) Conformal Groups in Geometry and Spin Structures. Progress in Mathematical Physics, vol 50. Birkhäuser Boston. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-8176-4643-1_3

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