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

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MathSciNet review: 1567069
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Book Information:

Author: D. G. Northcott
Title: Finite free resolutions
Additional book information: Cambridge Univ. Press, New York, xii + 271 pp., $29.50.

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    Review Information:

    Reviewer: M. Hochster
    Journal: Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 84 (1978), 652-656
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9904-1978-14514-5