Genus of A Multiplicative Sequence

Genus Of A Multiplicative Sequence

In mathematics, the genus of a multiplicative sequence is a ring homomorphism, from the cobordism ring of smooth oriented compact manifolds to another ring, usually the ring of rational numbers.

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