Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg
Graduate Texts in Mathematics, Volume 173
ISBN 978-3-662-53621-6 eISBN 978-3-96134-005-7
2024 (2017, 2010, 2005, 2000, 1997)
xx+455-490 pages; 122 figures
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