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Computational problems in arithmetic of linear differential equations. Some diophantine applications

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Chudnovsky, D.V., Chudnovsky, G.V. (1989). Computational problems in arithmetic of linear differential equations. Some diophantine applications. In: Chudnovsky, D.V., Chudnovsky, G.V., Cohn, H., Nathanson, M.B. (eds) Number Theory. Lecture Notes in Mathematics, vol 1383. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0083567

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