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Thomas W. Hungerford
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Thomas W. Hungerford
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S. Axler
Mathematics
San Francisco
University
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Mathematics
East Hall
University
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Department
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Mathematics
University
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USA
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ribet@math. berkeley.edu
Mathematics
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Thomas W.
Algebra
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