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On fibre spaces in which the fibre is contractible

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  1. E. H. Spanier
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Dedicated to H. Hopf on his 60th birthday

This note arose out of consultations during the tenure of a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship by Spanier.

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Spanier, E.H., Whitehead, J.H.C. On fibre spaces in which the fibre is contractible. Commentarii Mathematici Helvetici 29, 1–8 (1955). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02564267

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