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Davide L. Ferrario • Renzo A. inini
Simplicial Structures
in Topology
ABC
Dr. Davide L. Ferrario Dr. Renzo A. inini
Universit`a di Milano-a Department of Mathematics and Statistics
Dipartimento di Matematica e Applicazioni Dalhousie University
Via R. Cozzi 53 Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3H 3J5
20125 Milano Canada
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Editors-in-Chief
R´edacteurs-en-chef
K. Dilcher
K. Taylor
Department of Mathematics and Statistics
Dalhousie University
Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3H 3J5
Canada
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ISSN 1613-5237
ISBN 978-1-4419-7235-4 e-ISBN 978-1-4419-7236-1
DOI -1-4419-7236-1
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