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Author(s): T. Y. Lam
Title: Serre's problem on projective modules
Additional book information: Springer Monographs in Mathematics, Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, New York, 2006, xxi + 401, US$99.00, ISBN 978-3-540-23317-6

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Reviewer(s):
Richard G. Swan
Affiliation: University of Chicago
Email: swan@math.uchicago.edu

MSC (2000): Primary 13--02, 13B25, 13C10, 13D15
DOI: 10.1090/S0273-0979-08-01171-3
PII: S 0273-0979(08)01171-3
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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