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Abstract

Here is a sketch of a few of the connections between Prof. Nodar Berikashvili and his school and higher homotopy structures.


Dedicated to the 90th birthday of Nodar Berikashvili


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Received: 2018-09-30
Accepted: 2019-01-13
Published Online: 2019-05-16
Published in Print: 2019-06-01

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