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Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society

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

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Book Review

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MathSciNet review: 1567290
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Book Information:

Author: M. Scheunert
Title: The theory of Lie superalgebras; an introduction
Additional book information: Lecture Notes in Math., vol. 716, Springer-Verlag, Berlin-Heidelberg-New York, vi + 271 pp.

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  • Review Information:

    Reviewer: Lawrence J. Corwin
    Journal: Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 3 (1980), 904-906
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0273-0979-1980-14850-8