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About the cover: Christopher Clavius, Astronomer and Mathematician
Author(s):
Gerald
L.
Alexanderson
Journal:
Bull. Amer. Math. Soc.
46
(2009),
669-670.
Posted:
July 7, 2009
MathSciNet review:
2525739
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Additional Information:
Gerald
L.
Alexanderson
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, California 95053-0290
Email:
galexand@math.scu.edu
DOI:
10.1090/S0273-0979-09-01269-5
PII:
S 0273-0979(09)01269-5
Received by editor(s):
May 10, 2009
Posted:
July 7, 2009
Copyright of article:
Copyright
2009,
American Mathematical Society
The copyright for this article reverts to public domain after 28 years from publication.
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