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$G$-foliations and their characteristic classes

Author(s): Franz W. Kamber; Philippe Tondeur
Journal: Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 84 (1978), 1086-1124.
MSC (1970): Primary 57D20; Secondary 57D30
MathSciNet review: 508449
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