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Where can I read about non-principal obstruction theory?

Most treatments of obstruction theory assume a principal Postnikov tower. I have the vague sense that if one uses cohomology with local coefficients, one does not need to make any assumptions on one's ...
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Reference to the theorem about linear bundles

The following fact looks like it is well-known. I can prove it myself, but I would like to know of a reference which has a proof? Let $M$ be an $n$-manifold, $C\subset M$ a codimension-1 closed ...
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Equivariant obstruction theory done wrong

Let $G$ be a finite group, and let $p:E\to B$ be a $G$-fibration with fibre $F$. The correct framework for studying equivariant sections of $p$ is Bredon cohomology. With the right definitions, most ...
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What's a good reference for the following obstruction theory yoga?

Fix a colored operad, which I will leave implicit, and a field $\mathbb K$ of characteristic $0$. By algebra in this post I will mean a dg algebra over $\mathbb K$ for the given colored operad. I ...
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