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

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Book Review

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MathSciNet review: 1567764
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Book Information:

Author: Tammo tom Dieck
Title: Transformation groups
Additional book information: Studies in Mathematics, vol. 8, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin, New York, 1987, x + 311 pp., $71.00. ISBN 0-89925-029-7.

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    Review Information:

    Reviewer: J. Peter May
    Journal: Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 20 (1989), 267-270
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0273-0979-1989-15792-3