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Author(s): Richard M. Weiss
Title: Quadrangular algebras
Additional book information: Mathematical Notes, vol. 46, Princeton University Press, 2006, x+131, US$45.00, ISBN 978-0-691-12460-5

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Reviewer(s):
Mark A. Ronan
Affiliation: University of Illinois at Chicago
Email: ronan@uic.edu

MSC (2000): Primary 17D99; Secondary 20G15, 51B25
DOI: 10.1090/S0273-0979-07-01162-7
PII: S 0273-0979(07)01162-7
Posted: August 8, 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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