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- ↑ Marcos Dajczer at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
- ↑ "Portal do Ministério da Ciência, Tecnologia e Inovação: Ordem Nacional do Mérito Científico" (in Portuguese).[ permanent dead link ]
- ↑ "John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation: Fellows: Marcos Dajczer".
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- ↑ Haak, Guido (1996). "On a theorem by do Carmo and Dajczer". arXiv: dg-ga/9609010v2 .
