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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)

The 2020 MCQ for Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society is 0.84.

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Book Review

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MathSciNet review: 1567211
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Book Information:

Author: R. Ansorge
Title: Differenzenapproximationen partieller Anfangswertaufgaben
Additional book information: Leitfäden der angewandten Mathematik und Mechanik (LAMM), Volume 45, B. G. Teubner, Stuttgart, 1978, 298 pp., DM 29.80.

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  • Review Information:

    Reviewer: Wolfgang Wasow
    Journal: Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 2 (1980), 200-202
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0273-0979-1980-14719-9