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Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society

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Additional Information
  • Gerald L. Alexanderson
  • Affiliation: Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, California
  • MR Author ID: 24640
  • Email: galexand@math.scu.edu
  • Leonard F. Klosinski
  • Affiliation: Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, California
  • MR Author ID: 103025
  • Email: lklosinski@scu.edu
  • Published electronically: September 4, 2015
  • © Copyright 2015 American Mathematical Society
  • Journal: Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 53 (2016), 117-120
  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/bull/1521
  • MathSciNet review: 3403083