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

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Book Review

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MathSciNet review: 1567404
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Book Information:

Author: Daniel Gorenstein
Title: Finite simple groups, an introduction to their classification
Additional book information: Plenum Publishing Corporation, New York, 1982, x + 333 pp., $29.50.

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    Review Information:

    Reviewer: Walter Feit
    Journal: Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 8 (1983), 120-124
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0273-0979-1983-15101-7