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Michigan Mathematical Journal

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 12, 2024
Entity authorityQ6837611 ↗
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The Michigan Mathematical Journal (established 1952) is published by the mathematics department at the University of Michigan. An important early editor for the Journal was George Piranian.

Historically, the Journal has been published a small number of times in a given year (currently four), in all areas of mathematics. The current Managing Editor is Mircea Mustaţă.

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The public source identifies “Michigan Mathematical Journal” as journal. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Michigan, Mathematical and Journal.

Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1952—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Michigan, Mathematical and Journal providing the first useful test.
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This entry incorporates text from “Michigan Mathematical Journal” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.