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Suspension splittings of $5$-dimensional Poincaré duality complexes and their applications

Steven Amelotte, Tyrone Cutler and Tseleung So

Algebraic & Geometric Topology 26 (2026) 283–319

DOI: 10.2140/agt.2026.26.283

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