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Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society

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ISSN 1088-9485 (online) ISSN 0273-0979 (print)

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Book Review

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MathSciNet review: 1567452
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Book Information:

Author: J. Carr
Title: Applications of centre manifold theory
Additional book information: Applied Mathematical Sciences, vol. 35, Springer-Verlag, New York, 1981, 142 pp., $14.00. ISBN 0-3879-0557-4.

Authors: B. D. Hassard, N. D. Kazarinoff and Y.-H. Wan
Title: Theory and applications of Hopf bifurcation
Additional book information: London Mathematical Society Lecture Notes Series, No. 41, Cambridge Univ. Press, Cambridge, England, 1981, vi + 311 pp., $35.00. ISBN 0-5212-3158-2.

Authors: Gerard Iooss and Daniel D. Joseph
Title: Elementary stability and bifurcation theory
Additional book information: Springer-Verlag, New York, 1980, xv + 286 pp., $22.00. ISBN 0-3879-0526-X.

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  • Review Information:

    Reviewer: Stuart S. Antman
    Journal: Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 9 (1983), 241-248
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0273-0979-1983-15170-4