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Author(s): F. P. Gardiner and N. Lakic
Title: Quasiconformal Teichmüller theory
Additional book information: Mathematical Surveys and Monographs, vol. 76, Amer. Math. Soc., Providence, RI, 2000, xix + 372, $89.00, 0-8218-1983-6

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Reviewer(s):
Irwin Kra
Affiliation: State University of New York at Stony Brook
Email: irwin@math.sunysb.edu

MSC (2000): Primary 30F60, 32G15
DOI: 10.1090/S0273-0979-00-00901-0
PII: S 0273-0979(00)00901-0
Posted: December 27, 2000
Copyright of article: Copyright 2000, American Mathematical Society

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