Introduction to the papers of R. Thom and J. Mather

Goresky, Mark

doi:10.1090/S0273-0979-2012-01382-4

Introduction to the papers of R. Thom and J. Mather

Author: Mark Goresky
Journal: Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 49 (2012), 469-474
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0273-0979-2012-01382-4
Published electronically: July 3, 2012
Link to article that is the subject of this commentary: Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 75 (1969), 240-284.
Related article: Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 49 (2012), 475-506.
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Mark Goresky
Affiliation: Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, New Jersey
MR Author ID: 75495
Email: goresky@ias.edu

Published electronically: July 3, 2012
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