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The Dynamical Mordell–Lang Conjecture

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Jason P. Bell, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, Dragos Ghioca, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada and Thomas J. Tucker, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY

Publication: Mathematical Surveys and Monographs
Publication Year: 2016; Volume 210
ISBNs: 978-1-4704-2408-4 (print); 978-1-4704-2908-9 (online)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/surv/210
MathSciNet review: MR3468757
MSC: Primary 37-02; Secondary 11G25, 14A10, 37Pxx

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