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Some remarks on local formulae for p1

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Levitt, N. (1985). Some remarks on local formulae for p1 . 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/BFb0074440

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