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Syzygies, degrees, and choices from a life in mathematics. Retiring Presidential Address

Author(s): David Eisenbud
Journal: Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 44 (2007), 331-359.
MSC (2000): Primary 14-02; Secondary 14N25, 14Q99, 01-02, 13D02
Posted: May 11, 2007
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David Eisenbud
Affiliation: Mathematical Sciences Research Institute, 17 Gauss Way, Berkeley, California 94720-5070; Department of Mathematics, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720

DOI: 10.1090/S0273-0979-07-01163-9
PII: S 0273-0979(07)01163-9
Received by editor(s): October 29, 2006,
Received by editor(s) in revised form: January 19, 2007
Posted: May 11, 2007
Copyright of article: Copyright 2007, American Mathematical Society
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