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Book Information
Author:
Yvette Kosmann-Schwarzbach, translated, revised and augmented from the 2006 French edition by Bertram E. Schwarzbach
Title:
The Noether theorems. Invariance and conservation laws in the twentieth century
Additional book information
Sources and Studies in the History of Mathematics and Physical Sciences,
Springer,
New York,
2011, (hardcover) xiv + 205 pp., ISBN 978-0-387-87867-6.
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Review Information
Reviewer:
Peter J. Olver
Affiliation:
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Email:
olver@umn.edu
Journal:
Bull. Amer. Math. Soc.
DOI:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1090/S0273-0979-2011-01364-7
PII:
S 0273-0979(2011)01364-7
Posted:
November 4, 2011
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