Iterated spectra of numbers - Elementary, dynamical, and algebraic approaches

Transactions of the American Mathematical Society

Volumn 348, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 893-912

  Bergelson, Vitaly ^a   Hindman, Neil ^b   Kra, Bryna ^c  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HOWARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

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EID: 21344464858     PISSN: 00029947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1090/s0002-9947-96-01533-4     Document Type: Article

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