The transversality characteristic class and linking cycles in surgery theory

DOI10.2307/1971060zbMath0295.57008OpenAlexW2010520038MaRDI QIDQ1213218

John W. Morgan, Dennis Sullivan

Publication date: 1974

Published in: Annals of Mathematics. Second Series (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://semanticscholar.org/paper/4724d0eb11aed1344b284631810d1121b686d5c1

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Characteristic classes and numbers in differential topology (57R20) Surgery and handlebodies (57R65)

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