"Unsolved problems in mathematics": J. von Neumann's address to the international congress of mathematicians, Amsterdam, September 2-9, 1954

Mathematical Intelligencer

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 7-12

  Rédei, Miklós ^a  

^a EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

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EID: 0040907635     PISSN: 03436993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03025331     Document Type: Article

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