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Author(s):
V. A. Vassiliev
Title:
Complements of discriminants of smooth maps\/}: {\it Topology and applications
Additional book information:
American Mathematical Society, Providence, RI, 1992, 208 pp., US$164.00. ISBN 0-8218-4555-1
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Additional Information:
Reviewer(s):
Frederick R.
Cohen
Review Information:
Journal:
Bull. Amer. Math. Soc.
31
(1994),
258-265.
DOI:
10.1090/S0273-0979-1994-00525-7
PII:
S 0273-0979(1994)00525-7
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