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About the cover: A hidden praise of mathematics
Author(s):
Alicia
Dickenstein
Journal:
Bull. Amer. Math. Soc.
46
(2009),
125-129.
MSC (2000):
Primary 01A60;
Secondary 83-03
Posted:
September 15, 2008
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Alicia
Dickenstein
Affiliation:
Departamento de Matemática, FCEN, Universidad de Buenos Aires, C1428EGA, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Email:
alidick@dm.uba.ar
DOI:
10.1090/S0273-0979-08-01237-8
PII:
S 0273-0979(08)01237-8
Received by editor(s):
September 10, 2008
Posted:
September 15, 2008
Additional Notes:
I am grateful to David Eisenbud for listening to my story and suggesting to write it for the Bulletin. I also thank my friends Michael Singer, Daniel Arias and Adrián Paenza for their thorough reading of the first version of this note.
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