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Author(s): J. Feldman, H. K\"norrer and E. Trubowitz
Title: Riemann surfaces of infinite genus
Additional book information: CRM Monograph series, vol. 20, Amer. Math. Soc., Providence, RI, 2003, 303, $79.00, 0-8218-3357-X

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Additional Information:

Reviewer(s):
Henry P. McKean
Affiliation: Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences
Email: mckean@cims.nyu.edu

Review Information:
Journal: Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 42 (2005), 79-87.

MSC (2000): Primary 30-XX, 58-XX
DOI: 10.1090/S0273-0979-04-01030-4
PII: S 0273-0979(04)01030-4
Posted: September 23, 2004
Copyright of article: Copyright 2004, American Mathematical Society

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