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Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society

The Bulletin publishes expository articles on contemporary mathematical research, written in a way that gives insight to mathematicians who may not be experts in the particular topic. The Bulletin also publishes reviews of selected books in mathematics and short articles in the Mathematical Perspectives section, both by invitation only.

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

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Book Review

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Book Information:

Author: Bertram Huppert
Title: Character theory of finite groups
Additional book information: de Gruyter, Berlin, 1998, vi+618 pp., ISBN 3-11-015421-8, $168.95$

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  • Review Information:

    Reviewer: I. M. Isaacs
    Affiliation: University of Wisconsin
    Email: isaacs@math.wisc.edu
    Journal: Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 36 (1999), 489-492
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0273-0979-99-00789-2
    Published electronically: July 22, 1999
    Review copyright: © Copyright 1999 American Mathematical Society