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Author(s):
J. Kevorkian and J. D. Cole
Title:
Perturbation methods in applied mathematics
Additional book information:
Applied Mathematical Sciences, vol. 34, Springer-Verlag, Berlin and New York, 1981, x + 558 pp., $42.00
Author(s):
Ali Hasan Nayfeh
Title:
Introduction to perturbation techniques
Additional book information:
Wiley, New York, 1981, xiv + 519 pp., $29.95
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Additional Information:
Reviewer(s):
R. E.
O'Malley
Jr.
Review Information:
Journal:
Bull. Amer. Math. Soc.
7
(1982),
414-420.
DOI:
10.1090/S0273-0979-1982-15053-4
PII:
S 0273-0979(1982)15053-4
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