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75.17 Not so spurious

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 November 2021

P. M. Lee
P. M. Lee*
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Wentworth College, University of York, Heslington, York YO1 5DD
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The Mathematical Gazette , Volume 75 , Issue 472 , June 1991 , pp. 200 - 201
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Copyright © The Mathematical Association 1991

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