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(2006). Introduction to ℓ2-methods in topology: Reduced ℓ2-homology, harmonic chains, ℓ2-Betti numbers. In: Mathematical Survey Lectures 1943–2004. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg . https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-33791-1_17
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