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Author(s):
Paul C. Roberts
Title:
Multiplicities and Chern classes in local algebra
Additional book information:
Cambridge Tracts in Mathematics, vol. 133,
Cambridge University Press, Cambridge,
1998,
xi+303 pp.,
$59.95,
ISBN 0-521-47316-0
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Additional Information:
Reviewer(s):
Melvin
Hochster
Affiliation:
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Email:
hochster@math.lsa.umich.edu
Review Information:
Journal:
Bull. Amer. Math. Soc.
38
(2001),
83-92.
MSC
(2000):
Primary 13-XX
PII:
S 0273-0979(00)00883-1
Posted:
October 2, 2000
Copyright of article:
Copyright
2000,
American Mathematical Society
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