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Book Information:

Authors: Pavel Etingof, Shlomo Gelaki, Dmitri Nikshych and Victor Ostrik
Title: Tensor categories
Additional book information: Mathematical Surveys and Monographs, Vol. 205, American Mathematical Society, Providence, RI, 2015, xvi+343 pp., ISBN 978-1-4704-2024-6, US$65.00

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Review Information:

Reviewer: Eric C. Rowell
Affiliation: Department of Mathematics, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843
Email: rowell@math.tamu.edu