René Thom’s work on geometric homology and bordism
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Additional Information
- Dennis Sullivan
- Affiliation: City College (CUNY), 365 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York 10016
- MR Author ID: 168805
- Email: dsullivan@gc.cuny.edu
- Received by editor(s): February 24, 2004
- Published electronically: April 13, 2004
- © Copyright 2004 American Mathematical Society
- Journal: Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 41 (2004), 341-350
- MSC (2000): Primary 55-XX, 14-XX, 57-XX
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0273-0979-04-01026-2
- MathSciNet review: 2058291