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Author(s): V. A. Vassiliev
Title: Complements of discriminants of smooth maps: Topology and applications
Additional book information: American Mathematical Society, Providence, RI, 1992, 208 pp., US$164.00. ISBN 0-8218-4555-1


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Additional Information:

Reviewer(s):
Frederick R. Cohen

Review Information:
Journal: Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 31 (1994), 258-265.
DOI: 10.1090/S0273-0979-1994-00525-7
PII: S 0273-0979(1994)00525-7




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