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Author(s): Larry L. Schumaker
Title: Spline functions: Basic theory
Additional book information: Wiley, New York, 1981, xiv + 553 pp., $42.50

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Review Information:
Journal: Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 6 (1982), 238-247.
DOI: 10.1090/S0273-0979-1982-14996-5
PII: S 0273-0979(1982)14996-5

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