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in Mathematics J.W.5. Cassels An Introduction to the Geometry of Numbers

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J.W.s. Cassels

An Introduction to the Geometry of Numbers Reprint of the 1971 Edition

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J.W.S. Cassels University of Cambridge Department of Pure Mathematics and Mathematical Statistics 16, Mill Lane CB2 ISB Cambridge United Kingdom

Originally published as Vol. 99 of the Die Grundlehren der mathematischen Wissenschaften in Einzeldarstellungen

Mathematics Subject Classification (1991): lOExx

ClP data applied for Die Deutsche Bibliothek - CIP-Einheitsaufnahme Cassels, John W.S.: An introduction to the geometry of numbers I J.W.S. Cassels - Reprint of the 1971 ed. - Berlin; Heidelberg; New York; Barcelona; Budapest; Hong Kong; London; Milan; Paris; Santa Clara; Singapore; Tokyo: Springer. 1997 (Classics in mathematics) ISBN-13: 978-3-540-61788-4 e-ISBN-13: 978-3-642-62035-5 DOl: 10.1007/978-3-642-62035-5

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An Introduction to the Geometry of Numbers Second Printing, Corrected

Springer-Verlag Berlin· Heidelberg· New York 1971

Prof. Dr. J. W. S. Cassels Professor of Mathematics. University of Cambridge, G. B.

Geschiiftsfuhrende Herausgeber:

Prof. Dr. B. Eckmann Eidgeniissische Technische Hochschule Zurich

Prof. Dr. B. L. van der Waerden Mathematisches Institut der Universitat Zurich

AMS Subject Classifications (1970): 10 E xx

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