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Author: 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., ISBN 3-540-24323-2, US$109.00$

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    Review Information:

    Reviewer: D. S. Passman
    Affiliation: University of Wisconsin, Madison
    Email: passman@math.wisc.edu
    Journal: Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 44 (2007), 157-162
    Published electronically: August 28, 2006
    Review copyright: © Copyright 2006 American Mathematical Society
    The copyright for this article reverts to public domain 28 years after publication.