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Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society

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ISSN 1088-9485 (online) ISSN 0273-0979 (print)

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Book Review

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MathSciNet review: 1567044
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Book Information:

Author: Harold J. Kushner
Title: Probability methods for approximations in stochastic control and for elliptic equations
Additional book information: Academic Press, New York, San Francisco, London, 1977, xvii + 243 pp. $23.00.

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  • Review Information:

    Reviewer: George C. Papanicolaou
    Journal: Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 84 (1978), 262-266
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9904-1978-14468-1