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Author(s): Michael Rosen
Title: Number theory in function fields
Additional book information: Springer-Verlag, New York, 2002, xii+358, $49.95, 0-387-95335-3

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Additional Information:

Reviewer(s):
David Goss
Affiliation: The Ohio State University
Email: goss@math.ohio-state.edu

Review Information:
Journal: Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 41 (2004), 127-133.

MSC (2000): Primary 11R58, 11G09, 11R60
DOI: 10.1090/S0273-0979-03-00999-6
PII: S 0273-0979(03)00999-6
Posted: October 29, 2003
Copyright of article: Copyright 2003, American Mathematical Society

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