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On the signature of an involution

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  1. David W. Lewis

    Present address: Department of Mathematics, University College, Belfield Dublin 4, Ireland

  2. J. -P. Tignol

    Present address: Institut de Mathématique Pure et Appliquée, Université Catholique de Louvain, chemin du cyclotron 2, 1348, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium

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    Supported in part by the F.N.R.S. The second author would like to thank the first author and University College, Dublin for their hospitality while the research for this paper was carried out.

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    Lewis, D.W., Tignol, J.P. On the signature of an involution. Arch. Math 60, 128–135 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01199098

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