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Author(s): Kenneth R. Davidson
Title: $C^{*}$ -algebras by example
Additional book information: Field Institute Monographs, vol. 6, Amer. Math. Soc., Providence, RI, 1996, xiv+309, $59.00, 0-8218-0599-1

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Reviewer(s):
William Arveson
Affiliation: University of California, Berkeley
Email: arveson@math.berkeley.edu

MSC (1991): Primary 46L05
DOI: 10.1090/S0273-0979-97-00729-5
PII: S 0273-0979(97)00729-5
Copyright of article: Copyright 1997, American Mathematical Society

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