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[117] Interview with Raoul Bott

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This is the edited text of two interviews with Raoul Bott, conducted by Allyn Jackson in October 2000.

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  1. Department of Mathematics, Tufts University, Medford, MA, USA

    Loring W. Tu

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Tu, L.W. (2017). [117] Interview with Raoul Bott. In: Tu, L. (eds) Raoul Bott: Collected Papers . Contemporary Mathematicians. Birkhäuser, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-51781-0_40

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