Explicit descent for Jacobians of cyclic covers of the projective line

Journal fur die Reine und Angewandte Mathematik

Volumn 1997, Issue 488, 1997, Pages 141-188

  Poonen, Bjorn ^a   Schaefer, Edward F ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

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EID: 0031537168     PISSN: 00754102     EISSN: 14355345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/crll.1997.488.141     Document Type: Article

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