About the cover: Sophie Germain and a problem in number theory
Author:
Gerald L. Alexanderson
Journal:
Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 49 (2012), 327-331
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1090/S0273-0979-2012-01370-8
Published electronically:
January 26, 2012
MathSciNet review:
2888170
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Additional Information
Gerald L. Alexanderson
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Santa Clara University, 500 El Camino Real, Santa Clara, California 95053-0290
MR Author ID:
24640
Email:
galexand@math.scu.edu
Received by editor(s):
January 3, 2012
Published electronically:
January 26, 2012
Article copyright:
© Copyright 2012
American Mathematical Society
