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Invariant theory is both a classical and a new area of mathematics. It played a central role in 19th century algebra and geometry, yet many of its techniques and algorithms were practically forgotten by the middle of the 20th century.

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(2008). Introduction. In: Algorithms in Invariant Theory. Texts and Monographs in Symbolic Computation. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-211-77417-5_1

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