Higher Franz - Reidemeister Torsion
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In this expository article I will discuss the theory of higher Franz-Reidemeister torsion and its application to the construction of non-trivial classes in the algebraic K-theory of elds. I will also explain how these ideas may be used to construct classes in the cohomology of the Torelli group.
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