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We investigate the relations among three questions raised respectively by Hubert, by Cheeger-Simons and by Milnor.
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For both authors, work was supported in part by grants from Statens Naturviden-skabelige Forskningsrâd and the Gabriella and Paul Rosenbaum Foundation.
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Dupont, J.L., Sah, CH. (2000). Three Questions about Simplices in Spherical and Hyperbolic 3-Space. In: Gelfand, I.M., Retakh, V.S. (eds) The Gelfand Mathematical Seminars, 1996–1999. Gelfand Mathematical Seminars. Birkhäuser, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-1340-6_3
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