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

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Book Review

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MathSciNet review: 1567116
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Book Information:

Author: Kurt Schütte
Title: Proof theory
Additional book information: Grundlehren der Mathematischen Wissenschaften, Band 225, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg, New York, 1977, xii + 302 pp., $34.10.

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  • Review Information:

    Reviewer: Solomon Feferman
    Journal: Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 1 (1979), 224-228
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0273-0979-1979-14562-2