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The combinatorial formula of gabrielov, gelfand and losik for the first pontrjagin class

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Séminaire Bourbaki vol. 1976/77 Exposés 489–506

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MacPherson, R. (1978). The combinatorial formula of gabrielov, gelfand and losik for the first pontrjagin class. In: Séminaire Bourbaki vol. 1976/77 Exposés 489–506. Lecture Notes in Mathematics, vol 677. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0070757

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