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ISSN 1088-9485 (online) ISSN 0273-0979 (print)

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MathSciNet review: 1567847
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Book Information:

Author: Bernard Maskit
Title: Kleinian groups
Additional book information: Grundlehren der Mathematischen Wissenschaften, vol. 287, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg, New York, 1988, xiii + 326 pp., $77.50. ISBN 3-540-178746-9.

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  • Review Information:

    Reviewer: Albert Marden
    Journal: Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 22 (1990), 310-315
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0273-0979-1990-15895-1