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Author(s): Jean Berstel and Dominique Perrin
Title: Theory of codes
Additional book information: Pure and Applied Mathematics, Vol. 117, Academic Press, Inc., New York, 1985, xiv + 433 pp., $60.00. ISBN 0-12-093420-5

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Review Information:
Journal: Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 17 (1987), 161-167.
DOI: 10.1090/S0273-0979-1987-15550-9
PII: S 0273-0979(1987)15550-9

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