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The View-obstruction Problem

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The view-obstruction problem was first introduced by T. W. Cusick. In his 1972 paper [10] he stated the following problem.

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  1. Anirban Mukhopadhyay
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  1. Harish-Chandra Research Institute, Chhatnag Road, Jhusi, 211 019, Allahabad, India

    Sukumar Das Adhikari  & B. Ramakrishnan  & 

  2. Department of Mathematics, University of Pune, 411 007, Pune, India

    Shashikant A. Katre

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Mukhopadhyay, A. (2002). The View-obstruction Problem. In: Adhikari, S.D., Katre, S.A., Ramakrishnan, B. (eds) Current Trends in Number Theory. Hindustan Book Agency, Gurgaon. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-93-86279-09-5_8

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