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Author(s): Vesselin Drensky and Edward Formanek
Title: Polynomial identity rings
Additional book information: Birkhäuser-Verlag, 2004, viii+200, US$39.95, 3-7643-7126-9

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Reviewer(s):
Louis Rowen
Affiliation: Bar-Ilan University
Email: rowen@macs.biu.ac.il

Review Information:
Journal: Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 43 (2006), 259-267.

MSC (2000): Primary 16Rxx
DOI: 10.1090/S0273-0979-06-01082-2
PII: S 0273-0979(06)01082-2
Posted: February 16, 2006
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