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Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society

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Book Review

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MathSciNet review: 1566989
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Book Information:

Author: Greg Cherlin
Title: Model theoretic algebra: Selected topics
Additional book information: Lecture Notes in Mathematics, vol. 521, Springer-Verlag, Berlin and New York, 1976, iv + 232 pp., $9.50.

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  • Review Information:

    Reviewer: Paul C. Eklof
    Journal: Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 83 (1977), 954-958
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9904-1977-14333-4