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Isotopy classes of periodic diffeomorphisms on spheres

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Algebraic Topology Waterloo 1978

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Schultz, R. (1979). Isotopy classes of periodic diffeomorphisms on spheres. In: Hoffman, P., Snaith, V. (eds) Algebraic Topology Waterloo 1978. Lecture Notes in Mathematics, vol 741. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0062148

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