The Euler characteristic is the unique locally determined numerical homotopy invariant of finite complexes
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Publication:1186082
DOI10.1007/BF02187824zbMath0744.57015MaRDI QIDQ1186082
Publication date: 28 June 1992
Published in: Discrete \& Computational Geometry (Search for Journal in Brave)
Full work available at URL: https://eudml.org/doc/131180
Characteristic classes and numbers in differential topology (57R20) Homology of classifying spaces and characteristic classes in algebraic topology (55R40)
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