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MathSciNet review: 1568038
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Book Information:

Author: K. H. Dovermann and Reinhard Schultz
Title: Equivariant surgery theories and their periodicity properties
Additional book information: Lecture Notes in Mathematics, vol.~1443, Springer-Verlag, New York, 1990, 225 pp. US$24.00. ISBN 3-540-53042-8.

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    • Review Information:

    Reviewer: Mel Rothenberg
    Journal: Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 28 (1993), 375-382
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0273-0979-1993-00368-9