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Book Information
Author(s):
Udo Hertrich-Jeromin
Title:
Introduction to Möbius differential geometry
Additional book information:
London Mathematical Society Lecture Notes Series, vol. 300, Cambridge University Press,
Cambridge, UK,
2003,
xi+413 pp.,
US$50.00,
ISBN 0-521-53569-7
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Additional Information:
Reviewer(s):
Thomas
E.
Cecil
Affiliation:
College of the Holy Cross
Email:
cecil@mathcs.holycross.edu
Review Information:
Journal:
Bull. Amer. Math. Soc.
42
(2005),
549-554.
MSC
(2000):
Primary 53A30
PII:
S 0273-0979(05)01067-0
Posted:
July 1, 2005
Copyright of article:
Copyright
2005,
American Mathematical Society
The copyright for this article reverts to public domain after 28 years from publication.
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