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Uses of units in Whitehead groups

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    Bruce A. Magurn

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Magurn, B.A. (1981). Uses of units in Whitehead groups. In: Roggenkamp, K.W. (eds) Integral Representations and Applications. Lecture Notes in Mathematics, vol 882. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0092499

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