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Author(s): Marius van der Put and Michael Singer
Title: Galois theory of linear differential equations
Additional book information: Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 2003, xviii+438, $99.00, ISBN 3-540-44228-6

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Reviewer(s):
Juan J. Morales-Ruiz
Affiliation: University Politecnica de Catalunya
Email: juan.morales-ruiz@upc.es

MSC (2000): Primary 12H05, 34M15, 34M50; Secondary 13N10, 34A25, 34A05, 34A30, 34M05, 34M25, 34M30, 34M35, 34M37, 34M40, 34M45
PII: S 0273-0979(04)01010-9
Posted: March 12, 2004
Copyright of article: Copyright 2004, American Mathematical Society

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