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- ↑ Rekha Rachel Thomas at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
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- ↑ Reviews of Lectures in Geometric Combinatorics: Alexander Zvonkin (2007), MR 2237292; Review, Miklós Bóna (April 26, 2007), MAA Reviews; Review, (June 1, 2011), European Mathematical Society.
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