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@book{TAOCP3,
   crossref = "TAOCP",
   title = "Sorting and Searching",
   volume = 3,
   series = "The Art of Computer Programming",
   edition = "Second",
   year = 1998,
}
@book{TAOCP2,
   crossref = "TAOCP",
   title = "Seminumerical Algorithms",
   volume = 2,
   series = "The Art of Computer Programming",
   edition = "Second",
   year = 1981,
}
@book{TAOCP,
   author = "Donald E. Knuth",
   publisher = "Addison-Wesley",
   title = "The Art of Computer Programming",
   series = {7 B\"ande},
   year = "\noopsort{z1968}1968",
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Verändern der Ausgabereigenfolge durch

\verb+year = "{\noopsort{z1968}}1968",+

für Knuth -- 1968.~\cite{TAOCP2,TAOCP3}.
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