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Morse Functions and Cohomology of Homogeneous Spaces

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Duan, H. (2005). Morse Functions and Cohomology of Homogeneous Spaces. In: Pragacz, P. (eds) Topics in Cohomological Studies of Algebraic Varieties. Trends in Mathematics. Birkhäuser Basel. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-7643-7342-3_4

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