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Translated from Itogi Nauki, Seriya Matematika (Algebra, Topologiya, Geometriya), pp. 123–168, 1969.
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Lumiste, Ü.G. Connection theory in bundle spaces. J Math Sci 1, 363–390 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01083670
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