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

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MathSciNet review: 1567158
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Book Information:

Author: N. G. Lloyd
Title: Degree theory
Additional book information: Cambridge Tracts in Math., vol. 73, Cambridge Univ. Press, Cambridge, Great Britain, 1978, x + 172 pp., $21.00.

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    Review Information:

    Reviewer: Roger D. Nussbaum
    Journal: Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 1 (1979), 632-636
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0273-0979-1979-14644-5