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A note on the homotopy groups of the diffeomorphism groups of spherical space forms

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Hsiang, W.C., Jahren, B. (1982). A note on the homotopy groups of the diffeomorphism groups of spherical space forms. In: Dennis, R.K. (eds) Algebraic K-Theory. Lecture Notes in Mathematics, vol 967. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0061901

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