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MathSciNet review: 1567382
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Book Information:

Author: D. H. Sattinger
Title: Group theoretic methods in bifurcation theory
Additional book information: Lecture Notes in Math., vol. 762, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg, 1979, 241 pp., $14.00.

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  • Review Information:

    Reviewer: J. W. Thomas
    Journal: Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 7 (1982), 437-439
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0273-0979-1982-15060-1