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Book Information:

Authors: Wei Zeng and Xianfeng David Gu
Title: Ricci flow for shape analysis and surface registration: theories, algorithms and applications
Additional book information: Springer Briefs in Mathematics, Springer, New York, 2013, xii+139 pp., ISBN 978-1-4614-8781-4

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Review Information:

Reviewer: Bennett Chow
Affiliation: University of California, San Diego, California
Email: benchow@math.ucsd.edu
Reviewer: David Glickenstein
Affiliation: University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona
Email: glickenstein@math.arizona.edu
Reviewer: Feng Luo
Affiliation: Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey
Email: fluo@math.rutgers.edu