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Author(s): E. B. Dynkin
Title: Diffusions, superdiffusions and partial differential equations
Additional book information: Colloquium Publications, vol. 50, American Mathematical Society, Providence, RI, 2002, xi + 236, $49.00, 0-8218-3174-7


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Additional Information:

Reviewer(s):
Donald Dawson
Affiliation: Carleton University and McGill University
Email: ddawson@math.carleton.ca

Review Information:
Journal: Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 41 (2004), 245-252.

MSC (2000): Primary 60J60, 35-XX; Secondary 35K55, 60J65
DOI: 10.1090/S0273-0979-04-01002-X
PII: S 0273-0979(04)01002-X
Posted: January 8, 2004
Copyright of article: Copyright 2004, American Mathematical Society


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