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  1. Universität München, München, Germany

    W. Balzer & A. Kamlah

  2. Universität Osnabrück, Osnabrück, Austria

    W. Balzer & A. Kamlah

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The authors are indebted to Dr. G. Berger for corrections of English style as well as for some helpful remarks, and to J. Tavora for drawing the figures.

This author's work was partially supported by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG-program KA 407).

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Balzer, W., Kamlah, A. Geometry by ropes and rods. Erkenntnis 15, 245–267 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02071513

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