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Author(s): Klaus Kirsten
Title: Spectral functions in mathematics and physics
Additional book information: Chapman & Hall/CRC, Boca Raton, FL, 2002, xiv+382, US$99.95, ISBN 1-58488-259-X

Author(s): Peter B. Gilkey
Title: Asymptotic formulae in spectral geometry
Additional book information: Studies in Advanced Mathematics, vol. 43, Chapman & Hall/CRC, Boca Raton, FL, 2004, viii+ 304, US$99.95, ISBN 1-58488-358-8

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Reviewer(s):
S. A. Fulling
Affiliation: Texas A&M University
Email: fulling@math.tamu.edu

MSC (2000): Primary 58J35
PII: S 0273-0979(06)01089-5
Posted: April 18, 2006
Copyright of article: Copyright 2006, American Mathematical Society
The copyright for this article reverts to public domain after 28 years from publication.

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