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Matthias Aschenbrenner, Lou van den Dries, Joris van der Hoeven: “Asymptotic Differential Algebra and Model Theory of Transseries”

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Kuhlmann, S. Matthias Aschenbrenner, Lou van den Dries, Joris van der Hoeven: “Asymptotic Differential Algebra and Model Theory of Transseries”. Jahresber. Dtsch. Math. Ver. 120, 297–302 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1365/s13291-018-0179-8

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