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Author(s): Tung Chang (Tong Zhang) and Ling Hsiao (Ling Xiao)
Title: The Riemann problem and interaction of waves in gas dynamics
Additional book information: Longman Scientific and Technical (Pitman Monographs No. 41), Essex, 1989, 272 pp. ISBN 0-582-01378-X


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Reviewer(s):
J. A. Smoller

Review Information:
Journal: Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 24 (1991), 228-234.
DOI: 10.1090/S0273-0979-1991-15997-5
PII: S 0273-0979(1991)15997-5


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