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Editors: H. Bass, A. Buium and P.J. Cassidy
Title: Selected works of Ellis Kolchin
Additional book information: edited by H. Bass, A. Buium and P.J. Cassidy, American Mathematical Society, Providence, RI, 1999, xiii + 639 pp., ISBN 0-8218-0542-8, $120.00$

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  • Review Information:

    Reviewer: Andy R. Magid
    Affiliation: University of Oklahoma
    Email: amagid@ou.edu
    Journal: Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 37 (2000), 337-342
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0273-0979-00-00862-4
    Published electronically: February 1, 2000
    Review copyright: © Copyright 2000 American Mathematical Society