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- 1 2 Who's Who in America 2008 Ed., Vol. 1, p. 105
- ↑ Michael Anderson
- ↑ Michael Anderson at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
- ↑ List of Fellows of the American Mathematical Society, retrieved 2014-12-20.
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