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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query>
    <allcategories>
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      <c size="1" pages="1" files="0" subcats="0" xml:space="preserve">Algebraic geometry</c>
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      <c size="10" pages="10" files="0" subcats="0" xml:space="preserve">Algorithmic information theory</c>
      <c size="2" pages="2" files="0" subcats="0" xml:space="preserve">Applied Analysis</c>
      <c size="38" pages="24" files="0" subcats="14" xml:space="preserve">Applied Mathematics</c>
      <c size="2" pages="2" files="0" subcats="0" xml:space="preserve">Applied analysis</c>
      <c size="38" pages="24" files="0" subcats="14" xml:space="preserve">Applied mathematics</c>
      <c size="1" pages="1" files="0" subcats="0" xml:space="preserve">Approximation theory</c>
      <c size="22" pages="21" files="0" subcats="1" xml:space="preserve">Artificial Intelligence</c>
    </allcategories>
  </query>
  <query-continue>
    <allcategories acfrom="Artificial Intelligence Artificial Intelligence" />
  </query-continue>
</api>