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Introduction to equivariant surgery

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  • Isotropy Subgroup
  • Surgery Theory
  • Equivariant Homotopy
  • Surgery Obstruction
  • Homotopy Sphere

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Dovermann, K.H., Schultz, R. (1990). Introduction to equivariant surgery. In: Equivariant Surgery Theories and Their Periodicity Properties. Lecture Notes in Mathematics, vol 1443. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0092356

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