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Book Information:

Editors: Vikraman Balaji, V. Lakshmibai, M. Pavaman Murthy and Madhav V. Nori
Title: Collected papers of C. S. Seshadri. Volume 1. Vector bundles and invariant theory
Additional book information: edited by Vikraman Balaji, V. Lakshmibai, M. Pavaman Murthy and Madhav V. Nori, Hindustan Book Agency, New Delhi, India, 2012, xxiv+1008 pp., ISBN 978-93-80250-17-5 (2 volume set)

Editors: Vikraman Balaji, V. Lakshmibai, M. Pavaman Murthy and Madhav V. Nori
Title: Collected papers of C. S. Seshadri. Volume 2. Schubert geometry and representation Theory
Additional book information: edited by Vikraman Balaji, V. Lakshmibai, M. Pavaman Murthy and Madhav V. Nori, Hindustan Book Agency, New Delhi, India, 2012, xxvi+633 pp., ISBN 978-93-80250-17-5 (2 volume set)

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  • Review Information:

    Reviewer: Usha N. Bhosle
    Affiliation: School of Mathematics, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai, India
    Email: usha@math.tifr.res.in
    Journal: Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 51 (2014), 367-372
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0273-0979-2013-01429-0
    Published electronically: September 23, 2013
    Review copyright: © Copyright 2013 American Mathematical Society
    The copyright for this article reverts to public domain 28 years after publication.