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Author(s): János Kollár
Title: Rational curves on algebraic varieties
Additional book information: Springer, Secaucus, NJ, 1996, viii+320, $139.95, 3-540-60168-6


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Additional Information:

Reviewer(s):
Miles Reid
Affiliation: Math Institute, University of Warwick
Email: miles@maths.warwick.ac.uk

Review Information:
Journal: Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 38 (2001), 109-115.

MSC (1991): Primary 14-02, 14C05, 14E30, 14J26, 14J45, 14M20, 14C40, 14E35, 14H10, 14J10
DOI: 10.1090/S0273-0979-00-00889-2
PII: S 0273-0979(00)00889-2
Posted: October 2, 2000
Copyright of article: Copyright 2000, American Mathematical Society


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