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Author(s):
W. I. Fushchich and A. G. Nikitin
Title:
Symmetries of Maxwell's equations
Additional book information:
Translated by John R. Schulenberger. Mathematics and its Applications. D. Reidel Publishing Company, Dordrecht, 1987, xiv + 214 pp., $74.00. ISBN 90-277-2320-6
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Additional Information:
Reviewer(s):
Peter J.
Olver
Review Information:
Journal:
Bull. Amer. Math. Soc.
19
(1988),
545-550.
DOI:
10.1090/S0273-0979-1988-15738-2
PII:
S 0273-0979(1988)15738-2
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