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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: 1568028
Full text of review: PDF   This review is available free of charge.
Book Information:

Author: Hans Joachim Baues
Title: Combinatorial homotopy and 4-dimensional complexes
Additional book information: Walter de Gruyter, Berlin, 1991, 379 pp., US$89.50. ISBN 0-89925-697-x.

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    Review Information:

    Reviewer: John R. Harper
    Journal: Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 28 (1993), 408-414
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0273-0979-1993-00375-6