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Lectures on characteristic classes and foliations

Part of the Lecture Notes in Mathematics book series (LNM,volume 279)

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  • Vector Bundle
  • Normal Bundle
  • Homotopy Class
  • Invariant Polynomial
  • Continuous Functor

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Bott, R. (1972). Lectures on characteristic classes and foliations. In: Lectures on Algebraic and Differential Topology. Lecture Notes in Mathematics, vol 279. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0058509

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