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MathSciNet review: 1567286
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Book Information:

Author: J. M. van Wouwe
Title: $GO$-spaces and generalizations of metrizability
Additional book information: Mathematical Centre Tracts, Volume 104, Mathematisch Centrum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 1979, x + 117 pp.

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  • Review Information:

    Reviewer: David J. Lutzer
    Journal: Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 3 (1980), 886-891
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0273-0979-1980-14841-7