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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: 1566976
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Book Information:

Author: B. R. Tennison
Title: Sheaf theory
Additional book information: London Mathematical Society Lecture Note Series, No. 20, Cambridge University Press, New York and London, 1976, vii + 164 pp., $8.95.

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M. Artin, Grothendieck topologies, Mimeographed notes, Harvard University, 1962.
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  • Roger Godement, Topologie algébrique et théorie des faisceaux, Actualités Scientifiques et Industrielles [Current Scientific and Industrial Topics], No. 1252, Hermann, Paris, 1958 (French). Publ. Math. Univ. Strasbourg. No. 13. MR 0102797
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  • Carl E. Linderholm, Mathematics made difficult, World Publishing, New York, 1972. MR 0530402

  • Review Information:

    Reviewer: R. T. Hoobler
    Journal: Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 83 (1977), 702-704
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9904-1977-14354-1