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Additional Information
- Gerald L. Alexanderson
- Affiliation: Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, California 95053-0290
- MR Author ID: 24640
- Email: galexand@math.scu.edu
- Received by editor(s): May 10, 2009
- Published electronically: July 7, 2009
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The copyright for this article reverts to public domain 28 years after publication. - Journal: Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 46 (2009), 669-670
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0273-0979-09-01269-5
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