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The Finitistic Dimension Conjectures — A Tale of 3.5 Decades

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Abelian Groups and Modules

Part of the book series: Mathematics and Its Applications ((MAIA,volume 343))

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We review the history of several homological conjectures, both from a chronological and a methodological point of view.

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  1. Department of Mathematics, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, 93106, USA

    Birge Zimmermann Huisgen

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  1. Department of Mathematics and Informatics, University of Udine, Udine, Italy

    Alberto Facchini

  2. Department of Mathematics, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy

    Claudia Menini

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Huisgen, B.Z. (1995). The Finitistic Dimension Conjectures — A Tale of 3.5 Decades. In: Facchini, A., Menini, C. (eds) Abelian Groups and Modules. Mathematics and Its Applications, vol 343. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-0443-2_41

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