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In this article we present some results on the continuity of division of smooth functions and discuss their applications to linear algebra, differential geometry, and physics. Much of the work was done jointly with Steven Shnider and will appear in greater detail elsewhere ([MS2], [MS3], [Mos2].
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Dedicated to my father on his sixtieth birthday
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Mostow, M.A. (1987). On Division of Functions, Solution of Matrix Equations, and Problems in Differential Geometry and Physics. In: Howe, R. (eds) Discrete Groups in Geometry and Analysis. Progress in Mathematics, vol 67. Birkhäuser, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-6664-3_4
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