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Author(s): F. Brackx, R. Delanghe and F. Sommen
Title: Clifford analysis
Additional book information: Research Notes in Mathematics, Vol. 76, Pitman Advanced Publishing Program, Boston, 1982, 308 pp., $19.95. ISBN 0-2730-8535-2

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Reviewer(s):
Richard D. Carmichael

Review Information:
Journal: Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 11 (1984), 227-240.
DOI: 10.1090/S0273-0979-1984-15281-9
PII: S 0273-0979(1984)15281-9

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