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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: 1567244
Full text of review: PDF   This review is available free of charge.
Book Information:

Author: Gerard Lallement
Title: Semigroups and combinatorial applications
Additional book information: Pure and Applied Mathematics Series, Wiley, New York, 1979, xii + 376 pp., $27.50.

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A. H. Clifford and G. B. Preston, The algebraic theory of semigroups. I, II, Math. Surveys, No. 7, Amer. Math. Soc. Providence, R. I., 1961, 1967.
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S. Eilenberg, Automata, languages and machines. A, B, Academic Press, New York and London, 1974, 1976.
  • J. M. Howie, An introduction to semigroup theory, L. M. S. Monographs, No. 7, Academic Press [Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Publishers], London-New York, 1976. MR 0466355

  • Review Information:

    Reviewer: P. M. Cohn
    Journal: Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 2 (1980), 483-485
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0273-0979-1980-14777-1