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The recognition problem: What is a topological manifold?

Author(s): J. W. Cannon
Journal: Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 84 (1978), 832-866.
MSC (1970): Primary 57-00, 54B15, 54C10, 54C60
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DOI: 10.1090/S0002-9904-1978-14527-3
PII: S 0002-9904(1978)14527-3


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