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Book Information:

Author: Erich Bohl
Title: Monotonie: Lösbarkeit und Numerik bei Operatorgleichungen
Additional book information: Springer Tracts in Natural Philosophy, vol. 25, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg, New York, 1974, ix + 255 pp., $26.20.

Author: Walter Mead Patterson 3rd
Title: Iterative methods for the solution of a linear operator equation in Hilbert space-A survey
Additional book information: Lecture Notes in Mathematics, vol. 394, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg, New York, 1974, 183 pp., $8.20.

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  • Review Information:

    Reviewer: M. Z. Nashed
    Journal: Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 82 (1976), 825-834
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9904-1976-14173-0