A new approach to Hilbert's third problem

American Mathematical Monthly

Volumn 114, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 665-676

  Benko, David ^a  

^a WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 35948938928     PISSN: 00029890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00029890.2007.11920458     Document Type: Article

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