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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
  • MR Author ID: 24640
  • Email: galexand@scu.edu
  • Leonard F. Klosinski
  • Affiliation: Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Santa Clara University, 500 El Camino Real, Santa Clara, California 95053-0290
  • MR Author ID: 103025
  • Email: lklosinski@scu.edu
  • Published electronically: June 30, 2016
  • © Copyright 2016 American Mathematical Society
  • Journal: Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 53 (2016), 673-679
  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/bull/1541
  • MathSciNet review: 3544264