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Author(s):
Albert W. Marshall and Ingram Olkin
Title:
Inequalities: Theory of majorization and its applications
Additional book information:
Mathematics in Science and Engineering, Vol. 143, Academic Press, New York, 1979, xx + 569 pp., $49.50
Author(s):
Y. L. Tong
Title:
Probability inequalities in multivariate distributions
Additional book information:
Probability and Mathematical Statistics, A Series of Monographs and Textbooks, Academic Press, New York, 1980, xiii + 239 pp., $ 29.50
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Additional Information:
Reviewer(s):
J. H. B.
Kemperman
Review Information:
Journal:
Bull. Amer. Math. Soc.
5
(1981),
319-324.
DOI:
10.1090/S0273-0979-1981-14945-4
PII:
S 0273-0979(1981)14945-4
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