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by Benno Artmann
Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 43 (2006), 231-234
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0273-0979-06-01111-6
Published electronically: March 9, 2006
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Bibliographic Information
  • Benno Artmann
  • Affiliation: Mathematisches Institut, Bunsenstr. 3-5, D-37073 Goettingen, Germany
  • Email: artmann@uni-math.gwdg.de
  • Received by editor(s): November 22, 2005
  • Published electronically: March 9, 2006
  • © Copyright 2006 American Mathematical Society
    The copyright for this article reverts to public domain 28 years after publication.
  • Journal: Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 43 (2006), 231-234
  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0273-0979-06-01111-6
  • MathSciNet review: 2216112