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Author(s): René Sperb
Title: Maximum principles and their applications
Additional book information: Mathematics in Science and Engineering, vol. 157, Academic Press, New York, 1981, ix + 224 pp., $29.50


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Additional Information:

Reviewer(s):
Catherine Bandle

Review Information:
Journal: Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 8 (1983), 343-345.
DOI: 10.1090/S0273-0979-1983-15112-1
PII: S 0273-0979(1983)15112-1




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