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Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society

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

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Book Review

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MathSciNet review: 1567577
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Book Information:

Author: J. Nagata
Title: Modern dimension theory
Additional book information: (second edition, revised and extended), Sigma Series in Pure Mathematics, vol. 2, Heldermann-Verlag, Berlin, 1983, 68.00 DM, x + 284 pp. ISBN 3-88538-002-1.

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  • Review Information:

    Reviewer: A. H. Stone
    Journal: Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 14 (1986), 148-152
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0273-0979-1986-15424-8