E.J. Barbeau
Department of Mathematics
University of Toronto
Toronto, Ontario MS 1Al
Canada
Series Editor
P.R. Halmos
Department of Mathematics
University of Santa Clara
Santa Clara, CA 95053
USA
Mathematics Subject Classification (1980): 12-01, 26-01, 12D05, 12E05, 12E12, 13M10,
26CO5, 26C10, 3OC10, 65H05, 65HlOLibrary of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Barbeau, E.J.
Polynomials/E.J. Barbeau.
P. cm.-(Problem books in mathematics)- Polynomials. I. Title. II. Series.
QA28l.B37 1989
512.9’426~19 88-
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