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  1. Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, 251 Mercer Street, 10012, New York, N.Y.

    Sylvain E. Cappell & Julius L. Shaneson

  2. Department of Mathematics, Rutgers University, 08903, New Brunswick, N.J.

    Sylvain E. Cappell & Julius L. Shaneson

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Research supported by NSF Grant No. MCS 76-06974. The hospitality of Université de Paris at Orsay and I.H.E.S. when this work was begun is gratefully acknowledged.

Research supported by NSF Grant MCS 80-26053.

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Cappell, S.E., Shaneson, J.L. The topological rationality of linear representations. Publications Mathématiques de L’Institut des Hautes Scientifiques 56, 101–128 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02700463

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