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MathSciNet review: 1566999
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Book Information:

Authors: J. E. Marsden and M. McCracken
Title: The Hopf bifurcation and its applications
Additional book information: Springer-Verlag, New York, 1976, xiii + 408 pp., $14.80.

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  • Review Information:

    Reviewer: Nicholas D. Kazarinoff
    Journal: Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 83 (1977), 998-1004
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9904-1977-14352-8