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A survey of bordism and cobordism

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2008

Peter S. Landweber
Peter S. Landweber
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Department of Mathematics, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ 08903, USA
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In the paper ‘Bordism and Cobordism’, which appeared in vol. 57 (1961) of this journal [5], Michael Atiyah introduced and began the study of bordism and cobordism theory. The present article will trace developments in this area since this beginning.

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Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society , Volume 100 , Issue 2 , September 1986 , pp. 207 - 223
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Copyright © Cambridge Philosophical Society 1986

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