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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: 1567612
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Book Information:

Author: Kunihiko Kodaira
Title: Complex manifolds and deformation of complex structures
Additional book information: with an appendix by Daisuke Fujiwara. Translated by Kazuo Akao. Grundlehren der mathematischen Wissenschaften, vol. 283, Springer-Verlag, New York, Berlin, Heidelberg, and Tokyo, 1986, x + 465 pp., $48.00. ISBN 0-387-96188-7.

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  • Review Information:

    Reviewer: Andrew J. Sommese
    Journal: Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 16 (1987), 308-310
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0273-0979-1987-15528-5