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Author(s): Robert Hermann
Title: Cartanian geometry, nonlinear waves, and control theory
Additional book information: Interdisciplinary Mathematics, volumes 20 and 21, Math. Sci. Press, Brookline, Mass., Part A, 1979, xv + 501 pp., $50.00; Part B, 1980, xii + 585 pp., $60.00

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Additional Information:

Reviewer(s):
Clark R. Givens

Reviewer(s):
Richard S. Millman

Review Information:
Journal: Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 6 (1982), 467-478.
DOI: 10.1090/S0273-0979-1982-15019-4
PII: S 0273-0979(1982)15019-4

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