Commuting and noncommuting infinitesimals

American Mathematical Monthly

Volumn 120, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 631-641

  Katz, Mikhail G ^a   Leichtnam, Eric ^b  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b CNRS   (France)

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EID: 84880294839     PISSN: 00029890     EISSN: 19300972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4169/amer.math.monthly.120.07.631     Document Type: Review

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