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Lectures on groups of homotopy spheres

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  • Exact Sequence
  • Homotopy Class
  • Homotopy Group
  • Closed Manifold
  • Symplectic Basis

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Levine, J.P. (1985). Lectures on groups of homotopy spheres. In: Ranicki, A., Levitt, N., Quinn, F. (eds) Algebraic and Geometric Topology. Lecture Notes in Mathematics, vol 1126. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0074439

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