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- Bull. Amer. Math. Soc.
- Volume 84, Number 4 (1978), 513-530.
Continuous cohomology of groups and classifying spaces
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Bull. Amer. Math. Soc., Volume 84, Number 4 (1978), 513-530.
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Primary: 55F35 55F40 55B35 55H99
Secondary: 17B65: Infinite-dimensional Lie (super)algebras [See also 22E65] 18H25 18H10 57F15
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Stasheff, James D. Continuous cohomology of groups and classifying spaces. Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 84 (1978), no. 4, 513--530. https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.bams/1183540920
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