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On Curvature and Characteristic Classes of a Riemann Manifold

Dedicated to Wilhelm Blaschke on His Seventieth Birthday

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Von Chern, Ss. On Curvature and Characteristic Classes of a Riemann Manifold. Abh.Math.Semin.Univ.Hambg. 20, 117–126 (1955). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02960745

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