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

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MathSciNet review: 1568107
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Book Information:

Author: James G. Oxley
Title: Matroid theory
Additional book information: Oxford University Press, London 1992, xi + 532 pp., US$79.00. ISBN 0-19-853563-5.

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    • Review Information:

    Reviewer: Neil L. White
    Journal: Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 30 (1994), 252-254
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0273-0979-1994-00457-4