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7 - The First Function and Its Iterates

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 May 2018

Carl Pomerance
Affiliation:
Mathematics Department, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH 03755, USA
Steve Butler
Affiliation:
Iowa State University
Joshua Cooper
Affiliation:
University of South Carolina
Glenn Hurlbert
Affiliation:
Virginia Commonwealth University
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Connections in Discrete Mathematics
A Celebration of the Work of Ron Graham
, pp. 125 - 138
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2018

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