On the existence of a connection with curvature zero

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DOI10.1007/BF02564579zbMath0196.25101MaRDI QIDQ2539541

John W. Milnor

Publication date: 1958

Published in: Commentarii Mathematici Helvetici (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://eudml.org/doc/139154



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