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On the fundamental group of the complement to a discriminant variety

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Dolgachev, I., Libgober, A. (1981). On the fundamental group of the complement to a discriminant variety. In: Libgober, A., Wagreich, P. (eds) Algebraic Geometry. Lecture Notes in Mathematics, vol 862. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0090888

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