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Author(s): Martin Lorenz
Title: Multiplicative invariant theory
Additional book information: Encyclopaedia of Mathematical Sciences, vol. 135, Invariant Theory and Algebraic Transformation Groups, VI, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 2005, xii+177 pp., US$109.00, ISBN 3-540-24323-2

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Additional Information:

Reviewer(s):
D. S. Passman
Affiliation: University of Wisconsin, Madison
Email: passman@math.wisc.edu

Review Information:
Journal: Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 44 (2007), 157-162.

MSC (2000): Primary 13A50, 16S34, 16W22, 20F55.
PII: S 0273-0979(06)01122-0
Posted: August 28, 2006
Copyright of article: Copyright 2006, American Mathematical Society
The copyright for this article reverts to public domain after 28 years from publication.




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