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We use the eta invariant to compute the equivariant spin bordism groups Ω 5 spin (Z/2 µ ), Ω 3 spin (BQ), and Ω 7 spin (BQ)
Research partially supported by NSF grant DMS 9403360, by MSRI (NSF grant DMS 9022140), and by IHES (France).
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Gilkey, P.B., Botvinnik, B. (1996). The eta invariant and the equivariant spin bordism of spherical space form 2 groups. In: Tamássy, L., Szenthe, J. (eds) New Developments in Differential Geometry. Mathematics and Its Applications, vol 350. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-0149-0_16
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