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2 - The Gregorian Calendar

from I - Arithmetical Calendars

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 March 2018

Edward M. Reingold  and
Nachum Dershowitz
Edward M. Reingold
Affiliation:
Illinois Institute of Technology
Nachum Dershowitz
Affiliation:
Tel-Aviv University
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Calendrical Calculations
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 , pp. 55 - 74
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2018

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