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MathSciNet review: 1568073
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Book Information:

Author: J.-P. Serre
Title: Topics in Galois Theory
Additional book information: Research Notes in Mathematics, 1992, Jones and Bartlett Publishers, xvi+116 pp. ISBN 0-86720-210-6.

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    Review Information:

    Reviewer: Michael Fried
    Journal: Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 30 (1994), 124-135
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0273-0979-1994-00445-8