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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: 1567449
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Book Information:

Authors: K. A. Zhevlakov, A. M. Slin′ko, I. P. Shestakov and A. I. Shirshov
Title: Rings that are nearly associative
Additional book information: translated by Harry F. Smith, Academic Press, New York, 1982, xi + 371 pp., $6.00. ISBN 0-1277-9850-1.

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  • Review Information:

    Reviewer: J. Marshall Osborn
    Journal: Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 9 (1983), 121-127
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0273-0979-1983-15180-7