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Author(s): K. Kiyek and J. L. Vicente
Title: Resolution of curve and surface singularities in characteristic zero
Additional book information: Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht/Boston/London, 2004, xxii + 483, US$129.00, 1-4020-2028-7 (hardcover), ISBN 1-4020-2029-5 (e-book)

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Additional Information:

Reviewer(s):
Ana Bravo
Affiliation: Universidad Autonóma de Madrid
Email: ana.bravo@uam.es

Reviewer(s):
Herwig Hauser
Affiliation: Institut für Mathematik, Universität Innsbruck
Email: herwig.hauser@uibk.ac.at

Review Information:
Journal: Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 43 (2006), 241-247.

MSC (2000): Primary 14E15
DOI: 10.1090/S0273-0979-06-01105-0
PII: S 0273-0979(06)01105-0
Posted: February 15, 2006
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