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The impact of Thom's cobordism theory

Author(s): Michael Atiyah
Journal: Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 41 (2004), 337-340.
MSC (2000): Primary 14-XX, 19-XX, 53-XX, 58-XX, 81-XX
Posted: March 24, 2004
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Michael Atiyah
Affiliation: Department of Mathematics and Statistics, James Clerk Maxwell Building, Kings' Buildings, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3JZ, Scotland

DOI: 10.1090/S0273-0979-04-01022-5
PII: S 0273-0979(04)01022-5
Received by editor(s): February 23, 2004
Posted: March 24, 2004
Copyright of article: Copyright 2004, American Mathematical Society


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