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

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Book Review

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MathSciNet review: 1567718
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Book Information:

Author: John Wermer
Title: Selected papers of Errett Bishop
Additional book information: World Scientific Publishing, Singapore and Philadelphia, xxiv + 414 pp., $56.00. ISBN 9971-50-127-9.

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  • Review Information:

    Reviewer: Hugo Rossi
    Journal: Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 19 (1988), 538-545
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0273-0979-1988-15735-7