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Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society

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

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Book Review

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MathSciNet review: 1568154
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Book Information:

Author: S. Montgomery
Title: Hopf algebras and their actions on rings
Additional book information: CBMS Regional Conference Series in Mathematics, vol.\ 82, American Mathematical Society, Providence, RI, 1993, xiv\,+\,238 pp., US$32.00. ISBN 0-8218-0738-2.

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  • Review Information:

    Reviewer: Mitsuhiro Takeuchi
    Journal: Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 32 (1995), 125-127
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0273-0979-1995-00549-5