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Higher witt groups: A survey

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Loday, JL. (1976). Higher witt groups: A survey. In: Stein, M.R. (eds) Algebraic K-Theory. Lecture Notes in Mathematics, vol 551. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0080012

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