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Author(s): H. Schenck
Title: Computational algebraic geometry
Additional book information: London Mathematical Society Student Texts, vol. 58, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2003, xiv+ 193 pp., (hardback) $70.00, ISBN 0-521-82964-X ; (paperback) $28.00, ISBN 0-521-53650-2


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Additional Information:

Reviewer(s):
David A. Cox
Affiliation: Amherst College
Email: dac@cs.amherst.edu

Review Information:
Journal: Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 42 (2005), 113-118.

MSC (2000): Primary 14-01; Secondary 13Pxx, 14Qxx
PII: S 0273-0979(04)01038-9
Posted: October 5, 2004
Copyright of article: Copyright 2004, American Mathematical Society
The copyright for this article reverts to public domain after 28 years from publication.




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