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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: 1567519
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Book Information:

Author: Harry Kesten
Title: Percolation theory for mathematicians
Additional book information: Progress in Probability and Statistics, vol. 2, Birkhauser, Boston, Mass., 1982, 423 pp., $30.00. ISBN 3-7643-3107-0.

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  • Review Information:

    Reviewer: John C. Wierman
    Journal: Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 11 (1984), 404-409
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0273-0979-1984-15331-X