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Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society

The Bulletin publishes expository articles on contemporary mathematical research, written in a way that gives insight to mathematicians who may not be experts in the particular topic. The Bulletin also publishes reviews of selected books in mathematics and short articles in the Mathematical Perspectives section, both by invitation only.

ISSN 1088-9485 (online) ISSN 0273-0979 (print)

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Book Review

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MathSciNet review: 1567787
Full text of review: PDF   This review is available free of charge.
Book Information:

Authors: JackR. Porter and R. Grant Woods
Title: Extensions and absolutes of Hausdorff spaces
Additional book information: Springer-Verlag, New York, Berlin, Heidelberg, 1987, xiii + 856 pp., $89.00. ISBN 0-387-96212-3.

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  • Review Information:

    Reviewer: Melvin Henriksen
    Journal: Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 21 (1989), 168-171
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0273-0979-1989-15805-9