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MathSciNet review: 1567809
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Book Information:

Author: Joseph Auslander
Title: Minimal flows and their extensions
Additional book information: North-Holland Mathematical Studies, vol. 153, North-Holland, Amsterdam, New York, Oxford and Tokyo, 1988, xi + 265 pp., $86.75. ISBN 0-444-70453-1.

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  • Review Information:

    Reviewer: Eli Glasner
    Journal: Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 21 (1989), 316-319
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0273-0979-1989-15843-6