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Author(s): Andy R. Magid
Title: Lectures on differential Galois theory
Additional book information: University Lecture Series, vol. 7, Amer. Math. Soc., Providence, RI, 1994, xiii+105, $35.00, 0-8218-7004-1

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Reviewer(s):
D. Bertrand
Affiliation: Institut de Mathématiques, Université de Paris VI
Email: bertrand@mathp6.jussieu.fr

Review Information:
Journal: Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 33 (1996), 289-294.
DOI: 10.1090/S0273-0979-96-00652-0
PII: S 0273-0979(96)00652-0
Copyright of article: Copyright 1996, American Mathematical Society

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