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A product formula for equivariant Whitehead torsion and geometric applications

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Illman, S. (1986). A product formula for equivariant Whitehead torsion and geometric applications. In: Jackowski, S., Pawałowski, K. (eds) Transformation Groups Poznań 1985. Lecture Notes in Mathematics, vol 1217. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0072819

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