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Author(s): J.-P. Ortega and T. S. Ratiu
Title: Momentum maps and Hamiltonian reduction
Additional book information: Progress in Math., vol. 222, Birkhäuser Boston, Inc., Boston, MA, 2004, xxxiv + 497, $69.95, 0-8176-4307-9

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Reviewer(s):
Jedrzej Sniatycki
Affiliation: University of Calgary
Email: sniat@math.ucalgary.ca

MSC (2000): Primary 37J15, 53D20
DOI: 10.1090/S0273-0979-04-01039-0
PII: S 0273-0979(04)01039-0
Posted: November 29, 2004
Copyright of article: Copyright 2004, American Mathematical Society
The copyright for this article reverts to public domain after 28 years from publication.

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