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MathSciNet review: 1567680
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Book Information:

Author: Oscar Zariski
Title: Le problème des modules pour les branches planes
Additional book information: with an appendix by Bernard Teissier. Hermann, Paris, 1986, 209 pp., $28.00. ISBN 2-7065-6036-4.

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    Review Information:

    Reviewer: Sherwood Washburn
    Journal: Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 18 (1988), 209-214
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0273-0979-1988-15651-0