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A survey of diffeomorphism groups

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Turner, E.C. (1974). A survey of diffeomorphism groups. In: McAuley, L.F. (eds) Algebraic and Geometrical Methods in Topology. Lecture Notes in Mathematics, vol 428. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0070539

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