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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: 1567000
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Book Information:

Author: I. Martin Isaacs
Title: Character theory of finite groups
Additional book information: Pure and Applied Math., Academic Press, New York, San Francisco, and London, 1976, xii + 303 pp., $29.50.

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  • Review Information:

    Reviewer: Charles W. Curtis
    Journal: Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 83 (1977), 1005-1007
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9904-1977-14355-3