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Author: P. L. Lions
Title: Generalized solutions of Hamilton-Jacobi equations
Additional book information: Research Notes in Mathematics, Vol. 69, Pitman Advanced Publishing Program, Boston, 1982, 317 pp., $24.95. ISBN 0-2730-8556-5.

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  • Review Information:

    Reviewer: Stanley H. Benton
    Journal: Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 9 (1983), 252-256
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0273-0979-1983-15174-1