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Author(s): Anthony J.~Tromba
Title: Teichm\"uller theory in Riemannian geometry
Additional book information: Birkhauser-Verlag, Basel, 1992, 222 pp., US$29.00. ISBN 3-7643-2735-9


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Reviewer(s):
Michael Wolf

Review Information:
Journal: Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 29 (1993), 285-290.
DOI: 10.1090/S0273-0979-1993-00421-X
PII: S 0273-0979(1993)00421-X


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