Characteristic numbers for unoriented 𝑍-homology manifolds

Characteristic numbers for unoriented $\textbf {Z}$-homology manifolds
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Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 323 (1991), 651-663 Request permission

It is shown that the analogue of Thom’s theorem on Stiefel-Whitney numbers holds for ${\mathbf {Z}}$-homology manifolds

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