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Title: Hyperbolic geometry from a local viewpoint
Additional book information: Linda Keen and Nikola Lakic, London Mathematical Society Student Texts 68, Cambridge University Press, 2007, x+271 pp., (hardback) US $121.00, ISBN 978-0-521-86360-5


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Additional Information:

Reviewer(s):
Frederick P. Gardiner
Affiliation: Brooklyn College, CUNY, Bedford Avenue and Avenue H, Brooklyn, New York 11210
Email: frederick.gardiner@gmail.com

Review Information:
Journal: Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 46 (2009), 363-368.

MSC (2000): Primary 32A10, 30F10, 30F45, 32H50
DOI: 10.1090/S0273-0979-08-01236-6
PII: S 0273-0979(08)01236-6
Posted: November 20, 2008
Copyright of article: Copyright 2008, American Mathematical Society
The copyright for this article reverts to public domain after 28 years from publication.




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