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About the cover: Sophie Germain and a problem in number theory

Author: Gerald L. Alexanderson
Journal: Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 49 (2012), 327-331
Posted: January 26, 2012
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Gerald L. Alexanderson
Affiliation: Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Santa Clara University, 500 El Camino Real, Santa Clara, California 95053-0290
Email: galexand@math.scu.edu

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1090/S0273-0979-2012-01370-8
PII: S 0273-0979(2012)01370-8
Received by editor(s): January 3, 2012
Posted: January 26, 2012
Article copyright: © Copyright 2012 American Mathematical Society

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