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Francois Ziegler
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Orthonormal $\boldsymbol n$-frames :  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stiefel_manifold.

Added: This terminology of Hirzebruch (1966), Steenrod (1951) translates the $\boldsymbol n$-Systeme of Stiefel (1936), $\boldsymbol n$-podes, $\boldsymbol n$-pèdes or multipèdes of Einstein (1931), Waelsch (1907), $\boldsymbol n$-Beine or Vielbeine of Hirzebruch (1956), Einstein (1928), Blaschke (1920), or Waelsch (1906).

Francois Ziegler
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