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Fifty years of homotopy theory

Author(s): George W. Whitehead
Journal: Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 8 (1983), 1-29.
MSC (1980): Primary 55-03; Secondary 01-02, 01A60, 01A65, 55M05, 55N15, 55N20, 55N22, 55N40, 55P-T, 57-03, 57R20, 57R42, 57R75, 57R77, 57R90, 57R95
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DOI: 10.1090/S0273-0979-1983-15072-3
PII: S 0273-0979(1983)15072-3


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