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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: 3049878
Full text of review: PDF   This review is available free of charge.
Book Information:

Authors: M. Aschbacher, R. Kessar and B. Oliver
Title: Fusion systems in algebra and topology
Additional book information: London Mathematical Society Lecture Notes, Vol. 391, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2011, vi+320 pp., ISBN 978-1-107-60100-0

Author: David A. Craven
Title: The theory of fusion systems: an algebraic approach
Additional book information: Cambridge Studies in Advanced Mathematics, Vol. 131, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2011, xii+371 pp., ISBN 978-1-107-00596-9

Review Information:

Reviewer: Markus Linckelmann
Affiliation: City University London, Department of Mathematics, Northampton Square, London EC1V 0HB, United Kingdom
Email: markus.linckelmann.1@city.ac.uk
Journal: Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 50 (2013), 523-526
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0273-0979-2012-01394-0
Published electronically: December 7, 2012
Review copyright: © Copyright 2012 American Mathematical Society
The copyright for this article reverts to public domain 28 years after publication.