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MathSciNet review: 1567995
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Book Information:

Author: C. J. Moreno
Title: Algebraic curves over finite fields
Additional book information: Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1991, ix+246 pp.\ US$49.50. ISBN 0-521-34252-X.

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    Review Information:

    Reviewer: J. W. P. Hirschfeld
    Journal: Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 27 (1992), 327-332
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0273-0979-1992-00321-X