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Department of Mathematics, University of Wisconsin, 53706, Madison, WI, USA
Chandler Davis
Department of Mathematics, University of Connecticut, 06268, Storrs, CT, USA
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Davis, C., Cornell, G. Reviews. The Mathematical Intelligencer 9, 68–71 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03025903

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