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Author(s): Anders Björner and Francesco Brenti
Title: Combinatorics of Coxeter groups
Additional book information: Graduate Texts in Math., vol. 231, Springer, New York, 2005, xiii + 363, US$74.95, ISBN 3-540-44238-3


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Additional Information:

Reviewer(s):
Michael W. Davis
Affiliation: The Ohio State University
Email: mdavis@math.ohio-state.edu

Review Information:
Journal: Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 45 (2008), 445-449.

MSC (2000): Primary 20B30, 20F55, 05C25, 05E15.
DOI: 10.1090/S0273-0979-08-01170-1
PII: S 0273-0979(08)01170-1
Posted: January 7, 2008
Copyright of article: Copyright 2008, American Mathematical Society
The copyright for this article reverts to public domain after 28 years from publication.


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