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The secondary characteristic classes of parabolic foliations

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    Harsh V. Pittie

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Research supported by NSF Grant MCS 76-07181.

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Pittie, H.V. The secondary characteristic classes of parabolic foliations. Commentarii Mathematici Helvetici 54, 601–614 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02566295

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