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A course in some aspects of classical homotopy theory

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Cohen, F.R. (1987). A course in some aspects of classical homotopy theory. In: Miller, H.R., Ravenel, D.C. (eds) Algebraic Topology. Lecture Notes in Mathematics, vol 1286. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0078738

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