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On the problem of enumerating twisted cubics

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Algebraic Geometry Sitges (Barcelona) 1983

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Eduard Casas-Alvero Gerald Welters Sebastian Xambó-Descamps

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Piene, R. (1985). On the problem of enumerating twisted cubics. In: Casas-Alvero, E., Welters, G., Xambó-Descamps, S. (eds) Algebraic Geometry Sitges (Barcelona) 1983. Lecture Notes in Mathematics, vol 1124. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0075004

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