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Davis, D.M., Mahowald, M. (1978). Obstruction theory and K-theory. In: Barratt, M.G., Mahowald, M.E. (eds) Geometric Applications of Homotopy Theory II. Lecture Notes in Mathematics, vol 658. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0068713
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