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G^3 = Geometric Groups on the Gulf coast
March 4-5, 2000
University of South Alabama
Mobile, AL, USA

Organizers
Phil Bowers, Stephen Brick, Jon Corson, Igor Mineyev

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Spin structures on flat manifolds
by
John Ratcliffe
Vanderbilt University
Coauthors: Steven Tschantz (Vanderbilt University)

We determine necessary and sufficient algebraic conditions such that a flat orientable manifold has a spin structure. We show that all but 3 of the 27 closed orientable flat 4-manifolds have a spin structure.

Date received: February 25, 2000

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