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Author(s): Gerd Faltings and Ching-Li Chai
Title: Degeneration of Abelian Varieties
Additional book information: Ergeb. Math. Grenzgeb. (3), vol. 22, Springer-Verlag, New York, 1990, 316 pp., US$39.80. ISBN 3-540-52015-5


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Reviewer(s):
Michael Raynaud

Review Information:
Journal: Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 27 (1992), 183-189.
DOI: 10.1090/S0273-0979-1992-00292-6
PII: S 0273-0979(1992)00292-6


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