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The equivariant wall finiteness obstruction and Whitehead torsion

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  • Mapping Cylinder
  • Deformation Retraction

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Andrzejewski, P. (1986). The equivariant wall finiteness obstruction and Whitehead torsion. In: Jackowski, S., Pawałowski, K. (eds) Transformation Groups Poznań 1985. Lecture Notes in Mathematics, vol 1217. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0072812

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