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Title: Algorithms for orbit closure separation for invariants and semi-invariants of matrices
Award ID(s):
1900460 2001460
NSF-PAR ID:
10273520
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Date Published:
Journal Name:
Algebra & Number Theory
Volume:
14
Issue:
10
ISSN:
1937-0652
Page Range / eLocation ID:
2791 to 2813
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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