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

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Book Review

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MathSciNet review: 1567733
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Book Information:

Authors: Constantin Nastasescu and Freddy van Oystaeyen
Title: Dimensions of ring theory
Additional book information: D. Reidel Publishing Company, Dordrecht, Boston, Lancaster and Tokyo, 1987, xi + 360 pp., $74.00. ISBN 90-277-2461-x.

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  • Review Information:

    Reviewer: K. R. Goodearl
    Journal: Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 20 (1989), 107-112
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0273-0979-1989-15718-2