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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: 3119828
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Book Information:

Editors: U. Felgner, V. Kanovei, P. Koepke and W. Purkert
Title: Felix Hausdorff—Gesammelte Werke. Vol. IA, Allgemeine Mengenlehre
Additional book information: edited by U. Felgner, V. Kanovei, P. Koepke and W. Purkert, Springer, Berlin, 2013, xxvi+537 pp., ISBN 3-642-25598-4

Editors: U. Felgner, H. Herrlich, M. Hušek, V. Kanovei, P. Koepke, G. Preuß, W. Purkert and E. Scholz
Title: Felix Hausdorff—Gesammelte Werke. Vol. III, Deskriptive Mengenlehre und Topologie
Additional book information: edited by U. Felgner, H. Herrlich, M. Hušek, V. Kanovei, P. Koepke, G. Preuß, W. Purkert and E. Scholz, Springer, Berlin, 2008, xxii+1005 pp., ISBN 3-540-76806-7

Editors: F. Volljardt and U. Roth
Title: Felix Hausdorff—Gesammelte Werke. Vol. VIII, Literarisches Werk
Additional book information: edited by F. Volljardt and U. Roth, Springer, Berlin, 2010, xx+877 pp., ISBN 3-540-77758-8

Editor: W. Purkert
Title: Felix Hausdorff—Gesammelte Werke. Vol. IX, Korrespondenz
Additional book information: edited by W. Purkert, Springer, Berlin, 2012, xx+729 pp., ISBN 3-642-01116-0

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  • J. J. Gray, Review of Hausdorff, F. Gesammelte Werke vols. II, IV, V, and VII, Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 44 (2007), 471–474.
  • F. Hausdorff, Gesammelte Werke, Vol. II, Grundzüge der Mengenlehre, Springer, Berlin, 2002; Vol. IV, Analysis, Algebra, und Zahlentheorie, Springer, Berlin, 2001; Vol. V, Astronomie, Optik, und Wahrscheinlichkeitstheorie, Springer, Berlin, 2006; Vol. VII, Philosophisches Werk, Springer, Berlin, 2004.

  • Review Information:

    Reviewer: Jeremy Gray
    Affiliation: Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Open University, Milton Keynes MK7 6AA, United Kingdom
    Email: j.j.gray@open.ac.uk
    Journal: Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 51 (2014), 169-172
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0273-0979-2013-01424-1
    Published electronically: July 12, 2013
    Review copyright: © Copyright 2013 American Mathematical Society