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Author(s): G. Malle and B. H. Matzat
Title: Inverse Galois theory
Additional book information: Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg, New York, 1999, xv + 436, $59.95, 3-540-62890-8

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Additional Information:

Reviewer(s):
Helmut Völklein
Affiliation: University of Florida
Email: helmut@math.ufl.edu

Review Information:
Journal: Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 38 (2001), 235-243.

MSC (2000): Primary 12F12, 12F10; Secondary 20C33, 20F36, 20G40, 11R32, 11R37
DOI: 10.1090/S0273-0979-00-00898-3
PII: S 0273-0979(00)00898-3
Posted: December 27, 2000
Copyright of article: Copyright 2000, American Mathematical Society

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