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Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society

The Bulletin publishes expository articles on contemporary mathematical research, written in a way that gives insight to mathematicians who may not be experts in the particular topic. The Bulletin also publishes reviews of selected books in mathematics and short articles in the Mathematical Perspectives section, both by invitation only.

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

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Book Review

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MathSciNet review: 1567141
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Book Information:

Authors: A. N. Tikhonov and V. Y. Arsenin
Title: Solutions of ill posed problems
Additional book information: (F. John, Translation Editor) V. H. Winston and Sons (distributed by Wiley, New York), 1977, xiii + 258 pp., $19.75.

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  • Review Information:

    Reviewer: Howard A. Levine
    Journal: Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 1 (1979), 521-524
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0273-0979-1979-14602-0