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Book Information:

Authors: G. Malle and B. H. Matzat
Title: Inverse Galois theory
Additional book information: Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg, New York, 1999, xv + 436 pp., ISBN 3-540-62890-8, $59.95$

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Review Information:

Reviewer: Helmut Völklein
Affiliation: University of Florida
Email: helmut@math.ufl.edu