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Authors: K. Kiyek and J. L. Vicente
Title: Resolution of curve and surface singularities in characteristic zero
Additional book information: Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht/Boston/London, 2004, xxii + 483 pp., ISBN 1-4020-2028-7, US$129.00, hardcover; ISBN 1-4020-2029-5, e-book

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Review Information:

Reviewer: Ana Bravo
Affiliation: Universidad Autonóma de Madrid
Email: ana.bravo@uam.es
Reviewer: Herwig Hauser
Affiliation: Institut für Mathematik, Universität Innsbruck
Email: herwig.hauser@uibk.ac.at

Journal: Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 43 (2006), 241-247
MSC (2000): Primary 14E15
Published electronically: February 15, 2006
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