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Hilbert's 13th problem and dimension

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Sternfeld, Y. (1989). Hilbert's 13th problem and dimension. In: Lindenstrauss, J., Milman, V.D. (eds) Geometric Aspects of Functional Analysis. Lecture Notes in Mathematics, vol 1376. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0090047

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