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Author(s): Michael Berry
Journal: Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 40 (2003), 229-237.
MSC (2000): Primary 28A80, 41A60, 78A45, 78A97
Posted: February 19, 2003
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Abstract: Summary of AMS Gibbs Lecture, delivered at San Diego, CA, 6 January 2002.

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Michael Berry
Affiliation: H H Wills Physics Laboratory, Tyndall Avenue, Bristol BS8 1TL, United Kingdom

DOI: 10.1090/S0273-0979-03-00972-8
PII: S 0273-0979(03)00972-8
Received by editor(s): July 30, 2002
Posted: February 19, 2003
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