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On the Busemann-Petty problem concerning central sections of centrally symmetric convex bodies

Author(s): R. J. Gardner
Journal: Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 30 (1994), 222-226.
MSC (1991): Primary 52A40; Secondary 28A75, 44A12, 52A15, 52A20, 52A30, 52A38, 92C55
MathSciNet review: 1246466
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DOI: 10.1090/S0273-0979-1994-00493-8
PII: S 0273-0979(1994)00493-8