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Author(s): J. F. Adams
Title: Infinite loop spaces
Additional book information: Ann. of Math. Studies no. 90, Princeton Univ. Press, Princeton, N. J., 1978, x + 214 pp., $14.00 (cloth), $5.50 (paper)


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Additional Information:

Reviewer(s):
J. P. May

Review Information:
Journal: Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 1 (1979), 642-646.
DOI: 10.1090/S0273-0979-1979-14647-0
PII: S 0273-0979(1979)14647-0




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