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About the cover: John Wallis and Oxford
Author:
Gerald L. Alexanderson
Journal:
Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 49 (2012), 443-446
Posted:
May 2, 2012
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Additional Information
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/S0273-0979-2012-01377-0
PII:
S 0273-0979(2012)01377-0
Posted:
May 2, 2012
Article copyright:
© Copyright 2012 American Mathematical Society
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