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- ↑ Zalamea, Fernando (31 August 2018). Philosophie-synthetique-de-la-mathematique-contemporaine (in French). París: Hermann. ISBN 978-2705695866.
- ↑ "Descripción del autor por la editorial francesa Hermann". 31 August 2018.
- ↑ Zalamea, Fernando (June 2018). Grothendieck: Una guía a la obra matemática y filosófica. Bogotá. Colombia. ISBN 9789584857101.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ↑ Honorario, A. (2018). Dr. Fernando Zalamea Traba. Revista de la Academia Colombiana de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales, 42(165), 442–448. Recuperado a partir de https://raccefyn.co/index.php/raccefyn/article/view/810
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