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Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society

The Bulletin publishes expository articles on contemporary mathematical research, written in a way that gives insight to mathematicians who may not be experts in the particular topic. The Bulletin also publishes reviews of selected books in mathematics and short articles in the Mathematical Perspectives section, both by invitation only.

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

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Book Review

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MathSciNet review: 1567749
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Book Information:

Author: Louis H. Rowen
Title: Ring theory
Additional book information: (2 volumes), Pure and Applied Mathematics, volumes 127 and 128, Academic Press, San Diego, 1988, XXIV + 538 pp., $89.50 ISBN 0-12-599841-4 (volume I). xiv + 462 pp., $84.00 ISBN 0-12-599842-2 (volume II).

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  • Review Information:

    Reviewer: Edward Formanek
    Journal: Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 20 (1989), 196-198
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0273-0979-1989-15762-5