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About the cover: Euler's Introductio in analysin infinitorum

Author(s): Gerald L. Alexanderson
Journal: Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 44 (2007), 635-639.
Posted: July 5, 2007
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Additional Information:

Gerald L. Alexanderson
Affiliation: Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, California 95053
Email: galexand@math.scu.edu

DOI: 10.1090/S0273-0979-07-01183-4
PII: S 0273-0979(07)01183-4
Received by editor(s): May 28, 2007
Posted: July 5, 2007
Copyright of article: Copyright 2007, American Mathematical Society
The copyright for this article reverts to public domain after 28 years from publication.


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