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Book Information:

Author: Phillip A. Griffiths
Title: Entire holomorphic mappings in one and several complex variables
Additional book information: Ann. of Math. Studies, no. 85, Princeton Univ. Press, Princeton, N. J., 1976, x + 99 pp., $11.50 (cloth) and $4.50 (paper).

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  • Review Information:

    Reviewer: David Drasin
    Journal: Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 83 (1977), 942-946
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9904-1977-14330-9