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

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Book Review

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MathSciNet review: 1567770
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Book Information:

Author: Jürgen Neukirch
Title: Class field theory
Additional book information: Grundlehren der Mathematischen Wissenschaften, vol. 280, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg, New York, and Tokyo, 1986, $29.50. ISBN 0-387-15251-2.

Author: Kenkichi Iwasawa
Title: Local class field theory
Additional book information: Oxford Mathematical Monographs, Oxford University Press, New York and Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1986, viii + 155 pp., $39.95. ISBN 0-19-504030-9.

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  • Review Information:

    Reviewer: Michiel Hazewinkel
    Journal: Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 21 (1989), 95-101
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0273-0979-1989-15772-8