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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+  <authors xmlns:html="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
+    <author uid="claus">
+      Claus-Justus Heine &lt;<html:b>Claus.Heine@Mathematik.Uni-Freiburg.DE</html:b>&gt;
+    </author>
+    <author uid="alberta">
+      Claus-Justus Heine &lt;<html:b>Claus.Heine@Mathematik.Uni-Freiburg.DE</html:b>&gt;
+    </author>
+    <author uid="christian.haarhaus">
+      Christian Haarhaus &lt;<html:b>Christian.Haarhaus@Mathematik.Uni-Freiburg.DE</html:b>&gt;
+    </author>
+    <author uid="Notger.Noll">
+      Notger Noll &lt;<html:b>Notger.Noll@Pluto.Uni-Freiburg.DE</html:b>&gt;
+    </author>
+    <author uid="rebecca.stotz">
+      Rebecca Stotz &lt;<html:b>Rebecca.Stotz@Mathematik.Uni-Freiburg.DE</html:b>&gt;
+    </author>
+    <author uid="dani">
+      Daniel Koester &lt;<html:b>Koester@Math.Uni-Augsburg.DE</html:b>&gt;
+    </author>
+    <author uid="jan.steinhilber">
+      Jan Steinhilber &lt;<html:b>Jan.Steinhilber@Mathematik.Uni-Freiburg.DE</html:b>&gt;
+    </author>
+  </authors>