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Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society

The Bulletin publishes expository articles on contemporary mathematical research, written in a way that gives insight to mathematicians who may not be experts in the particular topic. The Bulletin also publishes reviews of selected books in mathematics and short articles in the Mathematical Perspectives section, both by invitation only.

ISSN 1088-9485 (online) ISSN 0273-0979 (print)

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Book Review

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MathSciNet review: 1565952
Full text of review: PDF   This review is available free of charge.
Book Information:

Author: W. Feller
Title: . Vol. 1 An introductiou to probability theory and its applications
Additional book information: 2d ed. New York, Wiley, 1957. 15+461 pp. $10.75.

Authors: R. H. Fox, D. C. Spencer and A. W. Tucker
Title: Algebraic geometry and topology
Additional book information: A symposium in honor of S. Lefschetz. Princeton University Press, 1957. 8+399 pp. $7.50.

Title: Linear algebras
Additional book information: Publication 502, National Academy of Sciences, National Research Council, Washington, 1957. 5+60 pp. $1.50 (paperbound).

Author: C. Kuratowski
Title: . Vol. 1 Topologie
Additional book information: 4th ed. Warszawa, Panstwowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe, 1958. 13+494 pp.

Author: W. Sierpiński
Title: Hypothèse du continu
Additional book information: 2d ed. New York, Chelsea, 1956. 17+274 pp. $4.95.

Author: F. Hausdorff
Title: Set theory
Additional book information: Trans. by John R. Aumann et al. New York, Chelsea, 1957. 352 pp. $6.00.

Author: R. von Mises
Title: Probability, statistics and truth
Additional book information: 2d rev. English ed. prepared by Hilda Geiringer. New York, Macmillan, 1957. 14+244 pp. $5.00.

Author: L. Pontrjagin
Title: Topological groups
Additional book information: 5th printing. Princeton University Press, 1958. 9+299 pp. $2.75 (paperback).

Review Information:

Journal: Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 64 (1958), 393-394
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9904-1958-10252-9