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About the cover: Christopher Clavius, Astronomer and Mathematician

Author(s): Gerald L. Alexanderson
Journal: Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 46 (2009), 669-670.
Posted: July 7, 2009
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Additional Information:

Gerald L. Alexanderson
Affiliation: Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, California 95053-0290
Email: galexand@math.scu.edu

DOI: 10.1090/S0273-0979-09-01269-5
PII: S 0273-0979(09)01269-5
Received by editor(s): May 10, 2009
Posted: July 7, 2009
Copyright of article: Copyright 2009, American Mathematical Society
The copyright for this article reverts to public domain after 28 years from publication.


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