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Michael J. Pratt, I. D. Faux

Publication date: 1979



51-04: Software, source code, etc. for problems pertaining to geometry

51-01: Introductory exposition (textbooks, tutorial papers, etc.) pertaining to geometry

51N05: Descriptive geometry


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