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Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society

The Bulletin publishes expository articles on contemporary mathematical research, written in a way that gives insight to mathematicians who may not be experts in the particular topic. The Bulletin also publishes reviews of selected books in mathematics and short articles in the Mathematical Perspectives section, both by invitation only.

ISSN 1088-9485 (online) ISSN 0273-0979 (print)

The 2020 MCQ for Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society is 0.84.

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Book Review

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MathSciNet review: 1567887
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Book Information:

Author: Werner Fenchel
Title: Elementary geometry in hyperbolic space
Additional book information: De Gruyter Studies in Mathematics, vol. 11, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin, New York, 1989, xi+225 pp., $69.95. ISBN 0-89925-493-4.

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  • Review Information:

    Reviewer: J. B. Wilker
    Journal: Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 23 (1990), 589-594
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0273-0979-1990-15992-0