About the cover: The mathematical conquest of the third dimension
Author:
Benno Artmann
Journal:
Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 43 (2006), 231-234
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1090/S0273-0979-06-01111-6
Published electronically:
March 9, 2006
MathSciNet review:
2216112
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Additional Information
Benno Artmann
Affiliation:
Mathematisches Institut, Bunsenstr. 3-5, D-37073 Goettingen, Germany
Email:
artmann@uni-math.gwdg.de
Received by editor(s):
November 22, 2005
Published electronically:
March 9, 2006
Article copyright:
© Copyright 2006
American Mathematical Society
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