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Book Information:

Author: Carlos Moreno
Title: Advanced analytic number theory: L-functions
Additional book information: Mathematical Surveys and Monographs, vol. 115, American Mathematical Society, Providence, RI, 2005, xx+291 pp., ISBN 978-0-8218-3641-5, US$76.00

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Review Information:

Reviewer: S. Gelbart
Affiliation: Weizmann Institute of Science
Email: stephen.gelbart@weizmann.ac.il

Journal: Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 45 (2008), 169-175
MSC (2000): Primary 11Mxx, 11Rxx, 22Exx; Secondary 11Sxx
Published electronically: June 8, 2007
Review copyright: © Copyright 2007 American Mathematical Society