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Additional Information
  • Nicola M. R. Oswald
  • Affiliation: Department of Mathematics and Informatics, University of Wuppertal, Gaußstr. 20, 42 119 Wuppertal, Germany; and Department of Mathematics, Würzburg University, Emil-Fischer-Str. 40, 97 074 Würzburg, Germany
  • Email: oswald@uni-wuppertal.de; nicola.oswald@mathematik.uni-wuerzburg.de
  • Jörn Steuding
  • Affiliation: Department of Mathematics, Würzburg University, Emil-Fischer-Str. 40, 97 074 Würzburg, Germany
  • MR Author ID: 633150
  • Email: steuding@mathematik.uni-wuerzburg.de
  • Published electronically: March 16, 2016
  • © Copyright 2016 American Mathematical Society
  • Journal: Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 53 (2016), 477-481
  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/bull/1534
  • MathSciNet review: 3501797