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Author(s): Alexander Polishchuk
Title: Abelian varieties, theta functions and the Fourier transform
Additional book information: Cambridge Tracts in Mathematics, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge (UK), 2003, xvi+292, £48.00, 0-521-80804-9

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Reviewer(s):
Arnaud Beauville
Affiliation: Université de Nice
Email: beauville@math.unice.fr

MSC (2000): Primary 14K25; Secondary 14H42
DOI: 10.1090/S0273-0979-05-01064-5
PII: S 0273-0979(05)01064-5
Posted: April 7, 2005
Copyright of article: Copyright 2005, American Mathematical Society
The copyright for this article reverts to public domain after 28 years from publication.

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