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The schottky problem

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Donagi, R. (1988). The schottky problem. In: Sernesi, E. (eds) Theory of Moduli. Lecture Notes in Mathematics, vol 1337. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0082807

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