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

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Book Review

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MathSciNet review: 1568019
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Book Information:

Author: Gove W. Effinger and David R. Hayes
Title: Additive number theory of polynomials over a finite field
Additional book information: Clarendon Press, Oxford, 157 pp., US$45.00. ISBN 0-19-853583-x.

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  • Review Information:

    Reviewer: R. C. Vaughan
    Journal: Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 28 (1993), 209-212
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0273-0979-1993-00359-8