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Embeddings of $\left( {n - 1} \right)$-spheres in Euclidean $n$-space

Author(s): Robert J. Daverman
Journal: Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 84 (1978), 377-405.
MSC (1970): Primary 57A45, 57A15, 57A35, 57A40; Secondary 57A10, 57C15, 57C30, 57C35
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