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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: 1567626
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Book Information:

Authors: Jean Berstel and Dominique Perrin
Title: Theory of codes
Additional book information: Pure and Applied Mathematics, Vol. 117, Academic Press, Inc., New York, 1985, xiv + 433 pp., $60.00. ISBN 0-12-093420-5.

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    Review Information:

    Reviewer: Juhani Karhumäki
    Journal: Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 17 (1987), 161-167
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0273-0979-1987-15550-9