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Differential Geometrical Methods in Mathematical Physics II

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Sternberg, S. (1978). On the role of field theories in our physical conception of geometry. In: Bleuler, K., Reetz, A., Petry, H.R. (eds) Differential Geometrical Methods in Mathematical Physics II. Lecture Notes in Mathematics, vol 676. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0063665

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